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Monday, December 26, 2016

Small fortunes in dust: Myanmar’s riverside gold miners

Mercury is known to be highly toxic, no less to water than human health, and has recently been detected in waterways in Yangon, nearly the country’s length away.
Its use on a global scale has concerned international agencies, while local environment groups have previously had gold mining in Kachin in their crosshairs due to the chilling risks.

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