#MakeMercuryHistory

Mother loses peripheral vision from apparent exposure to mercury in beauty creams.

Feb 25
2 min

Mother loses peripheral vision from apparent exposure to mercury in beauty creams.

| CNN Health | By Meera Senthilingam | February 2023 | Toxic levels in her home put family at risk, say experts A woman in Minnesota lost part of her vision and inadvertently put her entire household at risk of mercury poisoning, most likely from using beauty creams containing high levels of the toxic chemical, according to a case report shared exclusively with CNN. Mercury has long been used in skin whitening products due to its ability to block the production of melanin, t

4 views0 comments

How Worried Should You Be About Mercury in Your Tuna?

Alchemist

Feb 10
2 min

How Worried Should You Be About Mercury in Your Tuna?

| CR Consumer Reports | By Lauren Kirchner | February 9, 2023 | CR tested canned tuna from BumbleBee, Chicken of the Sea, StarKist, and other popular brands. Tuna, like many other types of fish, often contains mercury, which can be toxic to adults and is of particular concern to children, infants, and, especially, pregnant people. Mercury is a known neurotoxin. Too much of it is harmful to children, whose bodies and brains are still growing. In high amounts it can even be ha

13 views0 comments

How Illegal Mining Caused a Humanitarian Crisis in the Amazon.

Alchemist

Feb 3
2 min

How Illegal Mining Caused a Humanitarian Crisis in the Amazon.

| Yale Environment 360 | By: JONATHAN WATTS AND TALITA BEDINELLI | | February 02, 2023 | The onslaught of illegal miners into Indigenous territory in the Brazilian Amazon has destroyed forest, polluted rivers, and brought disease and malnutrition to the Yanomami people. Now, the new Brazilian government is confronting a health crisis and moving to evict the miners. Emaciated chests, distended bellies, limbs like sticks — the images of malnourished infants and elderly that hav

53 views0 comments

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge will test its metal refinery tech in space this year.

Alchemist

Jan 26
2 min

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge will test its metal refinery tech in space this year.

| TechCrunch | Aria Alamalhodaei | January 24, 2023 | Asteroid mining startup AstroForge will head to space twice this year, as it attempts to do what no other company has been able to before: unlock the potentially limitless value of precious minerals in deep space. When TechCrunch covered AstroForge’s seed round last April, we noted that the company was planning a demonstration mission sometime this year. Today, AstroForge released more details on that mission, plus announc

9 views0 comments

Growth in the Adoption Of Mineral Mining Environmental Specialist Roles

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Jan 24
1 min

Growth in the Adoption Of Mineral Mining Environmental Specialist Roles

| Skillings Mining Review | Staff Reporter | January 17, 2023 | The mineral mining industry is facing growing pressure to address the environmental impact of mining operations. As a result, there has been significant growth in the adoption of “mineral mining environmental specialist” roles in recent years. These specialists play a crucial role in ensuring that mining operations are conducted in an environmentally responsible manner and in compliance with relevant regulations.

24 views0 comments

Child Labor in Mining and Global Supply Chains

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Jan 13
1 min

Child Labor in Mining and Global Supply Chains

| Child Labor | Staff Reporter | January 13, 2023 | Child labor in mining and global supply chains has been a long-standing issue that has received increasing attention in recent years. Children as young as five years old have been found to be working in mines and quarries, often in dangerous and hazardous conditions. The use of child labor in mining is prevalent in many developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia. In these countries, children are often forced to wo

11 views0 comments

Participation of Alchemy Mining Group, Inc. in the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Dec 22, 2022
1 min

Participation of Alchemy Mining Group, Inc. in the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership

| Mercury News | Bruce A. Cosgrove | December 22, 2022 | Alchemy Mining Group, Inc., ("AMGI"), (the “Company”) is pleased to announce on December 05, 2022, the Company received official confirmation from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) that the Company is welcomed as a partner for the Global Mercury Partnership in the Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) and mercury waste management sectors. The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership aims to protect human hea

19 views0 comments

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Nov 30, 2022
2 min

Mother loses peripheral vision from apparent exposure to mercury in beauty creams.

| CNN Health | Meera Senthilingam, CNN | November 29, 2022 | Editor’s note: This story is part of 'White lies', a series by CNN's As Equals, investigating skin whitening practices worldwide to expose the underlying drivers of colorism, the industry that profits from it and the cost to individuals and communities. At high levels, the inorganic mercury ("elemental mercury") typically found in these products is extremely toxic. Chronic exposure can lead to kidney and liver damag

23 views0 comments

How Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, Became One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth!

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Aug 26, 2022
2 min

How Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, Became One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth!

| Inside Climate News | This article is part of a series produced in partnership with NBC News and Undark Magazine, a non-profit, editorially independent digital magazine exploring the intersection of science and society. A smelting company has poisoned rivers, killed off boreal forest and belched out more sulfur dioxide than active volcanoes. Now it wants to produce more metal for the “green economy.” Vasily Ryabinin scales an overlook on the Taimyr Peninsula in June 2020, w

16 views0 comments

Is the gold you’re buying helping to finance Russia’s war against Ukraine?

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Aug 25, 2022
2 min

Is the gold you’re buying helping to finance Russia’s war against Ukraine?

| News | 16 March 2022 | by ARM | Russia is also the third-largest producer of gold in the world. Open Letter to the Jewerly Industry The jewelry industry is susceptible to exploitation if the Russian government uses gold supply chains as a tool to evade sanctions and further subsidize their military aggression against Ukraine. It is imperative that we work together to prevent this from happening. As unprecedented financial sanctions against Russia prevent it from accessing

22 views0 comments

Russia is plundering gold in Sudan to boost Putin's war effort in Ukraine

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Aug 24, 2022
2 min

Russia is plundering gold in Sudan to boost Putin's war effort in Ukraine

| July 29, 2022 | CNN Exclusive | by Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis, Tamara Qiblawi, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Mohammed Abo Al Gheit and Darya Tarasova | Video by Alex Platt and Mark Baron | Khartoum, Sudan (CNN) Days after Moscow launched its bloody war on Ukraine, a Russian cargo plane stood on a Khartoum runway, a strip of tarmac surrounded by red-orange sand. The aircraft's manifest stated it was loaded with cookies. Sudan rarely, if ever, exports cookies. A heated debate

20 views0 comments

Mercury has an atmospheric lifetime of around a year University of Oxford earth scientists report

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Apr 5, 2022
2 min

Mercury has an atmospheric lifetime of around a year University of Oxford earth scientists report

| University of Oxford | Influencing global policy on mercury University of Oxford earth scientists with diverse expertise have combined their knowledge to inform national and international policy on mercury, one of the most dangerous environmental pollutants. Mercury is extremely toxic and causes a range of serious health impacts including brain and neurological damage, especially among young people and unborn children. Mercury poses a particular ecological and human health

12 views0 comments

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Mar 23, 2022
2 min

Mercury Poisoning

| BRAIN & NERVOUS SYSTEM CENTER | Medical Author: Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD | | Medical Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR | What is Mercury Poisoning? Poisoning of humans can occur from inhalation, ingestion, or skin contact with the various forms of mercury. Mercury is an element that is found all over the earth, in soil, rocks, and water. Even trace amounts can be found in the air. The largest deposits on earth are as cinnabar (mercuric sulfide). Mercury e

8 views0 comments

Amazon rainforest nears tipping point that may see it become savannah

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Mar 15, 2022
2 min

Amazon rainforest nears tipping point that may see it become savannah

| New Scientist | Environment | 7 March 2022 | | By Adam Vaughan | More than three-quarters of the world's largest rainforest has become less resilient to drought since the early 2000s, with areas near humans and with lower rainfall being the worst hit An area deforested for gold mining, along the Interoceanic highway linking Peru and Brazil in the Amazon region of Madre de Dios. Mariana Bazo/REUTERS/Alamy The Amazon rainforest is nearing a tipping point that will see it tran

10 views0 comments

Amazon rainforest reaching tipping point, researchers say

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Mar 8, 2022
2 min

Amazon rainforest reaching tipping point, researchers say

| BBC | Science | Climate Change | 19 hours ago | | By Helen Briggs Environment correspondent | "The trees are losing health and could be approaching a tipping point - basically, a mass loss of trees," said Dr Chris Boulton of the University of Exeter. The Amazon contains between 90 and 140 billion metric tons of carbon The Amazon rainforest is moving towards a "tipping point" where trees may die off en masse, say researchers. A study suggests the world's largest rainforest i

10 views0 comments

In a biodiversity haven, mining drives highest ever recorded levels of mercury

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Mar 1, 2022
2 min

In a biodiversity haven, mining drives highest ever recorded levels of mercury

| Mongabay Series: Amazon Conservation, Artisanal Mining | | by John C. Cannon on 28 February 2022 | They realized that the pathogens they found in the blood and fecal samples they collected might be causing disease. Or, she said, “It could just be the result of mercury toxicity because it’s so pervasive in that region.” The view from a drone shows the deforestation and pools left behind by mining in Madre de Dios. Image courtesy of Conservation X Labs. A recent study has fou

14 views0 comments

From Wall Street to the Amazon: Big capital funds mining-driven deforestation

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Feb 28, 2022
2 min

From Wall Street to the Amazon: Big capital funds mining-driven deforestation

| Mongabay Series: Indigenous Peoples and Conservation, Land rights and extractives | | by Jenny Gonzales on 22 February 2022 | Major U.S. and Brazilian financial institutions continue to underwrite the destruction of the Amazon by financing mining companies pushing to operate in Indigenous territories, a new report says. The 20 institutional investors plowed a combined $54.1 billion into nine mining conglomerates — including giants Vale, Anglo American, Belo Sun, AngloGold A

10 views0 comments

Peruvian gold rush turns pristine rainforests into heavily polluted mercury sinks

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Feb 25, 2022
2 min

Peruvian gold rush turns pristine rainforests into heavily polluted mercury sinks

| Eurek Alert| Peer-Reviewed Publication | | Duke University | 28-Jan-2022 | Scientists record the highest levels of atmospheric mercury pollution in the world in a pristine patch of the Peruvian Amazon “We found that mature Amazonian forests near gold mining are capturing huge volumes of atmospheric mercury, more than any other ecosystem previously studied in the entire world,” said Gerson, who is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley.

16 views0 comments

Air pollution may affect sperm quality, says study.

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Feb 19, 2022
2 min

Air pollution may affect sperm quality, says study.

Guardian | Air pollution | Thu 17 Feb 2022 16.00 GMT | | Sofia Quaglia | “The possibility of a link between air pollution and semen quality has been suggested in a number of studies over the years, although not all of them have agreed with this conclusion,” said Allan Pacey, professor of andrology at the University of Sheffield, who was not involved in the research. Research into samples of 30,000 men in China suggests ability of sperm to swim in right direction could be aff

19 views0 comments

Prince William's speech at the Earthshot Prize Innovation Showcase in Dubai

Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)

Feb 16, 2022
2 min

Prince William's speech at the Earthshot Prize Innovation Showcase in Dubai

| Earthshot Prize | 16 February 2022 | “We must make this the decade of the Earthshot. A decade where we all respond with urgency and optimism to change the course of our planet’s future.” – Prince William on stage at the first ever Earthshot Prize Innovation Showcase. Five of our incredible 2021 Finalists presented their ground-breaking eco-innovations at the event, hosted by DP World at Expo 2020 Dubai. This must be the Decade of the Earthshot, a decade where all of us

24 views0 comments