This gold rush has done more than just transform the landscape of a section of the Amazon that’s about twice the size of New York City. As FRONTLINE’s newest 360° documentary explores, mercury used in the mining process to help make flecks of gold bind together has caused a health crisis — seeping into the water supply and contaminating the fish people eat. Mercury from the mining has poisoned nearly half of those living in the region, according to international researchers.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-mercury-crisis/
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