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...
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- Feb 3
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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...
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- Jan 26
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Dec 22, 2022
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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...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Mar 15, 2022
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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...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Mar 8, 2022
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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...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Feb 28, 2022
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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...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Feb 25, 2022
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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...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Feb 9, 2022
- 2 min
The illegal Brazilian gold you may be wearing
| BBC News | Latin America & Caribbean | | February 02, 2022 | A special task force in Brazil is conducting raids deep in the Amazon, in...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Jan 21, 2022
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Air pollution can reach the placenta around a developing baby
| Science NEWS HEALTH & MEDICINE | | By Aimee Cunningham | SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 AT 4:57 PM | A study of women in Belgium found black carbon...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Jan 6, 2022
- 2 min
Wildfires Are Fueling a Toxic Combo of Air Pollutants
SCIENTIFIC AMERICA - POLLUTION The 2020 fire season subjected half the western U.S. population to a stew of particulate matter and ozone....
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- Dec 23, 2021
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Merry Christmas-Feliz Navidad
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” - Mahatma Gandhi "La Tierra proporciona lo suficiente...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Dec 21, 2021
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Amazon tribe suffers mercury contamination as illegal mining spreads
| Thomson Reuters Foundation | December 17, 2021 | | 7:54 am Education Latin America Gold | Nearly 60% of tested people in Munduruku...
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- Dec 18, 2021
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Experimental lake shows fish populations can recover quickly from mercury contamination
Lengthy experiment demonstrates potential benefits from cutting air pollution. Science 15 DEC 2021 12:20 PM BYERIK STOKSTAD Mercury...
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- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
Congratulations Australia
Dec. 7, 2021 the Government of Australia deposited its instrument of ratification becoming the 136th Party to the #MinamataConvention on...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
"It’s as if we’re in Mad Max’: warnings for Amazon as goldmining dredges occupy river"
| Guardian | | Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro | Wed 24 Nov 2021 17.04 GMT | “They’re making a gram of gold an hour down there,” one...
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- Nov 23, 2021
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Why Responsible Artisanal & Small-Scale Gold Mining Matters, for People & the Environment
Artisanal and small-scale mining accounts for 20 percent of the global supply of gold and currently generates a combined $25-30 billion...
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- Nov 18, 2021
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Indigenous communities in Ecuador Amazon protest mining projects
CGTN Latin America 05:29, 17-Nov-2021 Indigenous communities in Ecuador’s Amazon are protesting mining projects in their territories, as...
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