“These are small-time miners; there is no big ‘Goliath’ mining company to blame,” Swenson said. “The miners often lack modern technology, have limited knowledge of mining’s environmental or human health effects and rarely have safeguards to limit the release of the mercury they use to process their gold into the air, soil or water.”
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