Chilling images of illegal mining operations in Peru

An uninterrupted video recorded over the course of 40 hours in the air can show a bleak scene. Some of the images show how the rainforest’s green canopy is perforated by gaps full of toxic waste products from illegal mining. Many of these spaces have been contaminated by mercury.
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