In a desolate area of central Indonesia where lush rainforest once
stood, illegal miners on the frontline of a modern-day gold rush tear up
the earth in the hunt for the precious metal.
Thousands of men use high-pressure hoses to blast tonnes of sand out
of the ground daily in open pits around Kereng Pangi on Borneo island,
before running it through filters to find specks of gold.
Aside from the environmental devastation, the workers there and at
many similar sites across Indonesia are risking their health and
poisoning communities by illegally using mercury to extract gold.
http://iphone.france24.com/en/20131011-indonesian-miners-risk-lives-modern-day-gold-rush
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