US EditionMercury's Trail: How Latin America's New Gold Rush Is Poisoning the Amazon
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Gold flows out of the Amazon like a promise – but behind its splendour is a slow-acting poison. Mercury, which is secretly traded and used in the open air, contaminates rivers, stirs up violence and leaves behind entire indigenous communities that have to pay the price in the form of damaged souls. It begins with a shimmer. [...] The post Mercury: Trail: How Latin America's new gold rush poisons the Amazon first appeared on latinapress news.
Mercury's Trail: How Latin America's New Gold Rush Is Poisoning the Amazon
Gold flows from the Amazon like a promise—but hidden in its glitter is a slow-burning poison. Mercury, trafficked in secret and burned in open air, is contaminating rivers, fueling violence, and leaving entire Indigenous communities to count the cost in damaged minds. The post Mercury’s Trail: How Latin America’s New Gold Rush Is Poisoning the Amazon appeared first on LatinAmerican Post.
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