Illegal Venezuelan gold mines cause mercury dangers for indigenous women & children

 The issue of mercury poisoning and environmental pollution is one that has been studied for decades, but new data is indicating that women, especially indigenous women, are exceptionally vulnerable to an unhealthy rise in their bodies with the toxic metal mercury. Indicators are pointing now to locations inside Venezuela that are beginning to suffer under dangerous levels of mercury, especially from rivers that move through land occupied by indigenous communities.
http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/05/02/illegal-venezuelan-gold-mines/