They, like other tribal communities in the South American nation’s booming “gold bush” sector, are today forced to walk long distances to inland creeks they believe are less polluted to obtain potable drinking water, as traditional sources are laced with sedimentation and mercury tailings from high-technology dredges as well as high-powered pumps and hoses stripping away mud or ore to recover gold.............
They, like other tribal communities in the South American nation’s booming “gold bush” sector, are today forced to walk long distances to inland creeks they believe are less polluted to obtain potable drinking water, as traditional sources are laced with sedimentation and mercury tailings from high-technology dredges as well as high-powered pumps and hoses stripping away mud or ore to recover gold.
http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/runaway-gold-prices-spark-major-headaches-for-guyana/
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