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Highest levels of atmospheric mercury pollution now found in Amazon rainforest due to gold mining

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 31, 2022 | 6:06 am Education News Latin America Gold 

After performing the first-ever measurement of terrestrial deposits of atmospheric methylmercury – the most toxic form of mercury – an international team of researchers found that the highest levels of atmospheric mercury pollution in the world are now found in...

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