A lush expanse of Amazon rainforest known as the "Mother of God" is
steadily being destroyed in Peru, with the jungle giving way to
mercury-filled tailing ponds used to extract the gold hidden
underground. Locals describe the area as a tropical Wild West where tens
of thousands of desperate fortune-hunters have set up camp around
improvised mines that operate around the clock, use heavy machinery to
rake open the land and leech toxic chemicals into the ground.
http://www.brecorder.com/articles-a-letters/187/1246616/
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