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Monday, June 29, 2020

Gold mining restricts Amazon rainforest recovery

"Our results clearly show the extraction process has stripped nitrogen from the soil, a critical component to forest recovery, and in many cases directly contributed to the presence of mercury within neighbouring forests and rivers. Active mining sites had on average 250 times more mercury concentrations than abandoned sites.
read more... https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200629090012.htm

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