The environmental footprint of gold mining includes deforestation, mercury contamination, water pollution, and habitat destruction.
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The environmental footprint of gold mining includes deforestation, mercury contamination, water pollution, and habitat destruction.
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The effects of gold mining on human health are complex, stemming from both direct and indirect exposures. Mining operations—both artisanal, small-scale (ASGM) and industrial—involve a variety of processes that release toxic chemicals such as mercury and cyanide, generate massive dust and particulate matter, and lead to broader environmental contamination affecting water, food, and local populations.
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Peru's customs agency flagged a shipment disguised as rock fragments, discovering that it was concealing toxic mercury. The shipment was headed toward Bolivia for suspected use in illegal gold extraction.
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