Palamina Wants to Ride the Golden Pony in Peru

In 2010 Peru completed construction of the Intercontinental Highway. It helped create a modern day gold rush in the Madre de Dios River basin with tens of thousands of illegal miners having destroyed 700 square km of the Amazon jungle so far. The government of Peru is trying to get the illegal miners under control with a giant lack of success. Mercury pollution is widespread with up to 78% of the residents in the area showing mercury levels 500% higher than WHO recommends.
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