diseases, contamination by mercury and other heavy metals used in mining stands out, which have caused alarming clinical conditions such as Minamata disease, which causes difficulty or loss of control of body movement (ataxia) and the muscles used for speaking (dysarthria). vision, hearing, smell and taste; memory problems; tremors and paresthesia of extremities. From a survey of 200 residents, almost 60 per cent of the Munduruku people had mercury levels above those considered safe, including pregnant women and their children.
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Implementing an online module about the implications of gold mining in the Amazonian rainforest for a community college ecology course
The activity, which in great part is informal and illegal, has detrimental impacts on rainforest habitat & biodiversity. Most importantly, gold mining in this region has largely relied on the use of mercury (Hg) as a vehicle to capture gold particles that are within river sediments. Because of this chemical process, mercury has entered the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems’ trophic chain.
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Colombia, Brazil destroy illegal gold dredges in Amazon rainforest
Colombia and Brazil destroyed 19 illegal gold mining dredges in the Amazon rainforest which were producing about $1.5 million of the precious metal a month and polluting rivers with mercury, Colombia's armed forces said on Wednesday.
read more... https://ca.news.yahoo.com/colombia-brazil-destroy-illegal-gold-195856255.html