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Mercury Sluice box gold mining_it2107.jpg
Environmental crime, use of mercury ( small bottle at hand) as part of the hydraulic gold mining process known as "chupadeira system" - at the end of a day´s washing, using high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material, came the "despescagem", the removal of material collected in the sluice box by using mercury to amalgamate with the metal. Agua Branca gold mining village, Amazon rain forest, Para State, Brazil.