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Mercury-free mining: The Peruvian women who are rewriting gold’s environmental story
In Peru’s Amazon jungle of Madre de Dios (meaning Mother of God), two worlds of gold mining exist side by side. In one world, artisanal and small-scale gold miners (ASGM) use toxic mercury that contaminates rivers and soils, poisons the fish — their main …
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Planet Forward - Washington D.C.
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