BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A global mercury conference in Geneva faced sharp criticism Friday from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to take stronger steps against mercury use in ...
BOGOTA, Colombia — Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury, exposing a cross-border smuggling network that is fueling one of the Amazon’s most destructive ...
Miners in Mexico's Sierra Gorda are experiencing a "mercury boom" as international gold prices rise. This surge in the demand for the toxic metal, used in illegal gold mining, is benefiting local ...
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Mercury, dredges and crime: Illegal mining ravages Peru’s Nanay River
By Enrique Vera On a small airplane, José Manuyama, a professor, frowns and shakes his head with anguish while thousands of ...
Liviri River in Kasungu District does not begin as a harbinger of death. Its journey starts with clean flow from Kalonje Village, but slowly gets soiled as it snakes past rolling hills and tobacco ...
In a recent study published today in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) journal Biogeosciences, scientists have confirmed that mercury pollution from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is ...
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