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Saturday, November 5, 2011

An Illegal Gold Rush In Columbia (slide show)

Miners in lawless backlands use liquid mercury to separate gold from river sediments, giving Antioquia one of the highest levels of mercury pollution anywhere, according to United Nations researche
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/03/04/world/americas/colombia-gold-rush.html
Congo slide show
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/02/23/world/20090223CONGO_index.html?ref=gold

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