- A recent study has found that forests in the southwestern Peruvian Amazon collect mercury from the atmosphere that’s used in artisanal small-scale gold mining in the Madre de Dios region.
- The study’s authors found “the highest ever recorded” levels of mercury from the “throughfall” that ends up on the forest floor when the leaves fall or rain washes the mercury from their surfaces.
- read more... https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/in-a-biodiversity-haven-mining-drives-highest-ever-recorded-levels-of-mercury/
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