Millions of men, women and even children toil in mines using toxic mercury to extract tiny pieces of gold that would otherwise be too small to recover.Mercury that is released escapes into the atmosphere and travels, dropping into oceans and rivers, poisoning seafood worldwide.
Now if mercury released thousands of miles away can affect us here in the U.S., imagine the damage it does to the miners and their families? There are around 4.5 million women and 600,000 children among some 15 million artisanal gold miners around the world. It is a dangerous job.
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