In Ecuador, along with many other countries, artisanal miners have been “creating havoc for the environment” with their releases of methylmercury into local rivers, causing a dangerous build-up in food supplies, says Suzette McFaul, managing director of entrepreneurial development firm SEF Canada. “Peru had sued the Ecuadorian Government, saying, ‘You’re polluting the river that’s flowing into our country.’”
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