In what can only be termed the height of idiocy, not one but two bodies representing miners in Guyana included in a manifesto published publicly as an advertisement on Sunday, an argument against the phasing out of the use of mercury in local artisanal mining “without a viable, proven replacement”. One can surmise too that the inclusion of the pro-mercury stance is underlined with greed, since it appears that those for whom the two organisations speak would choose to continue with the use of a known poison, because it is the cheaper alternative rather than move to safer, eco-friendly options.
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