Small-scale gold production is estimated to be between 380 and 450 tonnes per year in more than 70 countries, where a large majority of the miners use mercury as the main process of gold extraction, with over 2000 tonnes/y of mercury lost to the environment. Pollution, deforestation, conflicts with companies, money laundering, tax evasion, reveal mercury a tip of an iceberg of problems.
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