The gold rush gained momentum with high ore prices on the international
market after the financial crisis of 2008 and increased demand for
jewelry in emerging countries such as India.
On 24 June, a Brazilian boatman was killed by a police officer, in the
territory of French Guyana. He would be transporting clandestine
products to a gold mine.
In addition to the violence, a lot of mercury flows from illegal gold
mining. Extremely toxic substance to health, it is used to separate the
gold from other materials, but ends up spreading in the environment, in
the flesh of fish and other links of food chains.
http://ecologyintofocus.blogspot.com/2013/07/french-guiana-illegal-gold-mining.html
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