Identify the stage of mining which involves commercial extraction of minerals
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Mineral extraction is associated with a diverse range of potentially adverse impacts on environmental and human health. A broad framework to assess potential direct and indirect risks is required, and must incorporate exposure information from geology, geomechanics, toxicology, and epidemiology. To optimize community safety, a major goal is to ensure that all stages of mineral extraction, processing, and use are conducted within a context of careful and transparent health surveillance and environmental monitoring. As with many industries, the balance between risks and benefits of mining must be carefully calibrated. Mining offers a combination of both beneficial and adverse health outcomes for workers and communities. Despite the numerous past ongoing failures to minimize the impacts of mining, it is by no means inevitable that mining in a particular region will lead to profound and long-term human and environmental damage. The approaches and skills offered by the emerging field of medical geology is an important step to avoid penalizing industries and resource-dependent societies, while at the same time optimizing community health.