Massive Amounts of Mercury for Gold Mining are Smuggled from Mexico, Polluting the Amazon and Threatening Indigenous Peoples

 Mercury from Mexico destined for illegal gold mining in Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia has drawn attention to the urgent need to amend the Minamata convention on mercury to close loopholes in mercury mining, trade, and its use in small-scale gold mining.

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