Ecologies of Gold: Understanding the social, political, and ecological impacts of mercury use in informal, small-scale gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru

 There are significant environmental and public health impacts from the use of toxic elements like mercury and cyanide in gold production. Like most mining, informal gold mining all too often degrades and contaminates land and in the absence of remediation this land is rendered unsuitable for production of consumptive goods.

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