The Amazon: Gold Out, Mercury In
Bob Carty reports from the Brazilian Amazon on the poisoning of the region’s rivers with mercury. Prospectors use mercury to extract gold from the rivers’ sediments. Thousands of tons of the toxic heavy metal have been released into the environment and it’s beginning to work its way into the food chain.
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