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Mercury pollution linked to illegal gold mining in Peru reaches lethal levels

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 25, 2013 | 3:37 pm Precious Metals Europe Latin America Gold 

A new study of mercury contamination in fish and humans in the Peruvian jungle, highly troubled by illegal gold mining, found unsafe levels of the toxic metal in almost 80% of adults and 60% of fish sold at local markets. The...

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