One issue cited by almost a fifth of interviewees – all of them from Amazon countries – was mercury contamination. read more...  https://w...

  Zimbabwe is making faster progress than most African countries in phasing out mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM),...

    These operations, initially artisanal, have since evolved into semi-industrial enterprises often controlled by organized crime, employin...

  In South America, illegal gold miners in the  Yanomami territory  of Brazil and Venezuela continue to use mercury to extract gold — contam...

Water pollution from sedimentation, mercury and unregulated chemicals, with downstream effects on fisheries, health and irrigation. read mor...