Conservationists in Madagascar worry that it’s only a matter of time before gold miners there follow the South American example and begin to use mercury to aid their efforts, multiplying the human and environmental cost as the toxic metal contaminates the groundwater and moves up the food chain.
read more... https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/illegal-gold-mining-destroys-wetland-forest-in-madagascar-park/
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