n this village, life is hard not only for the children and minors who engage in small-scale mining but also for small-scale operators of ball mills like Durano.
Every week, he has to spend P10,000 for mercury, which is sold by traders in the town proper. He needs a kilogram of the toxic heavy metal per week.
Mercury is used in panning for gold because it easily combines or amalgamates with gold from ores. Gold is extracted from the amalgam by heating.
The high toxicity of mercury is the primary reason its use is banned in other countries and in some provinces in the country, including Kalinga.
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