A series of gold rushes in the past decade in Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia have destroyed swathes of once-pristine forest, sometimes leaving in their wake desert-like landscapes strewn with barren craters.
Mercury, used by illegal miners to separate gold from grit, pollutes rivers and contaminates soil and food.
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