The ongoing violence between the ELN and AGC has killed and displaced locals. Now, mercury from illegal mining is poisoning communities that live off the river, according to the Ombudsman......
The ruling explained that “in general, only 10% of the mercury added to one barrel is combined with gold to form the amalgam, the remaining 90% is left over and discarded in water sources,” which has produced extreme mercury levels in local inhabitants’ bodies – some with 60 points per million, while the worldwide acceptable norm is thought to be around 0.5 points per million.
http://colombiareports.com/court-orders-colombia-save-river-mining-images-show/
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