Gold mining and mercury – a time bomb in Amazon rain forest

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Amazon gold mining, Brazil. At the end of the hydraulic extracting process, lakes of polluted mud are abandoned in the forest, leading to desertification of entire regions. Agua Branca region, Para State.

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Amazon, Brazil, Latin America, South America, gold mining

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