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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Indonesia: The real cost of gold. / Indonesia's Mercury Threat | Pulitzer Center

Central Kalamantan province is home to some of Borneo’s richest gold deposits. And years of mining activity, lack of government enforcement of environmental laws, and regional officials willing to look the other way have wreaked havoc on delicate ecosystems and poisoned the landscape and watersheds with deadly mercury and other toxic chemicals.
http://www.scoop.it/t/sustain-our-earth/p/4028641034/2014/09/24/indonesia-the-real-cost-of-gold-indonesia-s-mercury-threat-pulitzer-center

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