For this he earns not more than a few dollars a day but he does it to help feed his five younger brothers and sisters. He doesn't do it every day but is here enough to know the risks.
As he gets deeper, the water turns to black, the sounds eerie. Once he reaches the bottom he swims a further 20 feet under the river bank and emerges in a small cavern neck deep in water.
Here Gerald and the other men chisel the seam of gold-bearing rock, filling bags that are then hauled to the surface by the same men watching their air tubes. The rocks are scoured for even the tiniest spec of gold to be processed with mercury – a poisonous metal causing brain and organ damage, especially in children.http://www.channel4.com/news/gold-mining-philippines-child-labour-dangerous-underwater
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