Illegal gold mining in Peru's Amazon regions could become deadly as mercury contamination hits above the level mounting threat to public health.
Carnegie Institution for Science found unsafe levels of the toxic metal in 78 percent of adults in the regional capital and in 60 percent of fish sold at markets.
Mercury is a byproduct of artisanal gold mining as practiced by the estimated 40,000 miners in the Madre de Dios region.
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