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Monday, October 20, 2025

Mercury Contamination in African Food Crops Linked to Airborne Emissions from Gold Mining

 The study, published in the European Geosciences Union journal *Biogeosciences*, identifies a previously underestimated pathway for mercury pollution, revealing that mercury released into the atmosphere during mining processes can settle on agricultural land and contaminate crops.

read more... https://www.geneonline.com/mercury-contamination-in-african-food-crops-linked-to-airborne-emissions-from-gold-mining/

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