“The practice of this illegal activity causes harmful changes to the environment, namely the excavation of agricultural land, pollution and destruction of riverbeds due to the use of mercury, deforestation and destruction of the vegetation cover. It leads to the disastrous degradation of the general living environment, which causes a real public health problem since the effects of mercury use are harmful to the populations that are constantly exposed to it,” the statement said.
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