Mercury contamination is a
“public health emergency,” according to a prominent Indonesian environmentalist,
and the new government of President Joko Widodo should move quickly to halt
trade in the toxic heavy metal.
Yuyun Ismawati, a 2009 winner of the Goldman
Environmental Prize for her work on sustainable waste management, called on Mr. Widodo to halt the illegal smuggling of
hundreds of tons of mercury into Indonesia, most of which is used in small-scale
gold mining operations.
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