Gold Is Causing a River of Problems for the Amazon Rainforest

About 15 million–40 million [people] work in the global sector. Mercury is involved, which makes it even more serious. There are a lot of illicit activities associated with it. You’ve got the Mafia, you’ve got money laundering, child slavery, you have the whole shebang.
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