Illegal gold mining exposing Peru's indigenous tribes to mercury poisoning

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Illegal gold mining exposing Peru's indigenous tribes to mercury poisoning [1]

Toxic levels of mercury dumped in Amazon rivers gets into food chain, posing serious health risk to children, study finds

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10/09/2013

Source: Guardian (UK) [2]

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