Stretches of several rivers in Manica district, in the central province of the same name, are now devoid of life because of the pollution caused by artisanal gold mining.
Among the substances used by the miners is mercury, which can have lethal effects when it enters the food chain.
Manica district administrator Carlos Mutar told the newspaper Noticias that downstream of the mining areas fish and other aquatic species cannot survive.
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