In Indonesia, the use of mercury in small-scale gold mining has huge health consequences for those living near mining operations. Toxic plumes and other forms of exposure cause neurological problems, bone deformities, vision loss, deafness and even death. Photographer Larry C. Price reports in a video narrated by the NewsHour's P.J. Tobia .
http://www.pulitzercenter.org/reporting/extracting-gold-mercury-exacts-lethal-toll
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