Dangerous levels of mercury left for waste by gold miners

The gold mining industry is dumping an estimated 16.3 kilograms (36 pounds) of mercury – a dangerous and toxic mineral – into Myanmar’s waterways per day, from where it is entering the food supply and potentially poisoning the population, a former government official has warned.
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