Throughout Sulawesi, where gold is mined and mercury is used in the processing, babies are born with deformities, seemingly normal children stop talking and walking, and adults shake uncontrollably. Health officials have a name for the "uncommon diseases"––mercury intoxication.
The maladies and deformities, including the delayed onset of paralysis and neurological problems in young children, born seemingly normal, are classic symptoms of severe mercury poisoning.
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