Small-scale miners have long used mercury — easy to buy at around $10 for a thumb-sized vial — to extract flecks of gold from ore, before sluicing it away.
Mercury’s toxic effects include damage to kidneys, heart, liver, spleen and lungs, and neurological disorders, such as tremors and muscle weakness.
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