“That’s … the biggest environmental problem … because both the mercury that they discard accidentally and the mercury that evaporates and later falls as rain goes through the rivers and is eaten by fish. People eat this fish, and they get intoxicated with mercury … It affects fetal development, it makes people blind, it gives you cardiovascular problems … And it doesn’t go away, because it’s an element. It’s going to be there for hundreds of years. You can’t get rid of it. The more you pump in, it’s just going to stay there.”
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