• In 2007, Amnesty International estimated that 3.7 million people had died as the result of conflicts fuelled by diamonds. The sourcing of gold, silver and gems also destroys indigenous communities and massively poisons ecosystems.
• Approximately one quarter of the 25 million artisan small-scale gold miners worldwide are children and women, providing 15 to 25% of the global gold supply, mainly through a black market. Even if you do not wear jewellery, your smart phone or computer very likely contains “dirty” or “conflict” gold.
• Mining is one of the least efficient industries. For a typical Canadian mine, 42% of material extracted from the ground is rejected up front as waste rock; 56% is turned into slag and toxic tailings, leaving a mere 2% able to be converted into value. -
http://www.tricitynews.com/lifestyles/living-green-how-costly-is-your-bling-and-how-dirty-1.2185532
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