Richard Marcantonio, an environmental scientist and policy specialist at the University of Notre Dame, says the results are “very, very concerning.” And he adds that the model leaves a lot out. The study did not account for mercury, a common waste product of gold mining, or many of the metals released when mining for battery materials, such as cadmium, chromium, and cobalt. The study also can’t account for small-scale mining, which is often dirtier, and not recorded in databases. Hudson-Edwards says they were limited by available data, and that the team is expanding their model to be more comprehensive.
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