Gold Mining Contaminants with Bridget Berquist
Earth News Interviews
English - June 28, 2020 21:00 - 53 minutes - 37.3 MBEarth Sciences Science Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode of Earth News Interviews, we discuss the surprising range of health and environmental consequences of small-scale mining operations in Peru. How does mercury affect human health? How does it get from a small mining operation to the bloodstream of people hundreds of kilometres away? Is there anything we can do?
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Gold mining with mercury poses health threats for miles downstream