Artisanal mining has long employed mercury to extract gold from ore. Not only is mercury toxic to those handling it, unfortunately it also easily leaches into the environment and its vapour into the atmosphere. It can travel long distances and disperse on land or in waterways in a form known as methylmercury. In this form it is also highly toxic to humans and wildlife and can remain in water and soil perhaps forever.
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