Sleeping Beauty- How suspect gold reached top brands
In the Peruvian highlands, a Swiss refinery said it had a sustainable source of artisanal gold. Prosecutors suspect its main supplier was...
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Alchemist
- Jul 9, 2021
- 1 min
Nigerian Children Dying of Lead Poisoning From Gold Mining in Latest Outbreak
Illegal grinding of ore releases lead dust that contaminates air, water and food LAGOS, Nigeria—More than two dozen children have died of...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Jun 25, 2021
- 2 min
A Fragile Stage: Air Pollution's Impact on Newborns
Exposure to outdoor (ambient) and indoor (household) particulate air pollution places our youngest infants at increased health risk. A...
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Alchemist
- Jun 25, 2021
- 1 min
Should gold mining be considered an impact investment?
Globally, there’s an increasing shift of funds towards responsible and ethical investments, with 98% of institutional investors already...
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Alchemist
- Jun 24, 2021
- 1 min
Evidence of Harm - Feature Documentary Exposing the Hazards of Toxic Mercury Dental Amalgam Fillings
“Evidence of Harm” chronicles the lives of three ordinary Americans who become reluctant health advocates after suffering from the...
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Alchemist
- Jun 16, 2021
- 1 min
30 Years of the GEF
Thirty years ago, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was established to tackle the world’s most challenging environmental issues. With...
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Alchemist
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
Trillion Trees: Amazon Bioeconomy Challenge
This Challenge calls for innovative bioeconomy projects in the Amazon Forest that protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystem...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Jun 6, 2021
- 3 min
The Devastating Cost of an Indonesian Export
| Asia Pacific | The New York Times | | By Richard C. Paddock | Nov. 9, 2019 | The NY Times reports that Ms. Yuyun Ismawati, an...
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Alchemist
- May 21, 2021
- 1 min
How mercury sneaks into the most vulnerable communities in US and Canada
The harmful chemical has a unique quality: it can build up in our river systems over time Methylmercury poisonings in aquatic ecosystems...
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Alchemist
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
ECUADOR TAILINGS DISCHARGE POLLUTES THE CALERA RIVER WATERS - IN PERU THE CONSEQUENCES ARE SUFFERING
#Ecuador Contamination #InPerspective. For decades the waters of the Calera River and the Yellow River have been contaminated due to the...
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Alchemist
- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
Portovelo-Zaruma Artisanal Mining: Poverty Driven Destruction
An overview of the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) practices used in Portovelo, Ecuador. The short film shows how miners...
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Alchemist
- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
Air pollution kills 600,000 children each year according to the WHO.
Exposure to toxic air both indoors and out kills some 600,000 children under the age of 15 each year, the World Health Organization...
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Alchemist
- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
Air pollution’s devastating impact on children’s health
Every day around a staggering 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 years breathes air that is so polluted it puts their health...
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Alchemist
- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
Toxic air will shorten children's lives by 20 months, study reveals.
The life expectancy of children born today will be shortened by 20 months on average by breathing the toxic air that is widespread across...
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Alchemist
- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
Children of the poisoned river
Half a century after mercury contamination near Grassy Narrows First Nation, the poisoning continues to have deadly consequences —...
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Alchemist
- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
Portovelo-Zaruma Artisanal Miners March for Better Working Conditions
Alchemy Mining Group, Inc. (“AMGI”) an Innovation Provider to #MakeMercuryHistory in ASG miner's gold ore processing. "Profit proudly...
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Alchemist
- Jan 23, 2021
- 1 min
Microplastics Found in Placentas of Pregnant Women
New research published in the journal Environment International found evidence of microplastics in the human placenta. Researchers called...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Jan 15, 2021
- 2 min
Mercury (II) Binding Activity of Vegetable and Fruit Juices: Identifying Potential Detoxifying Juice
| CRIMSON PUBLISHERS | June 18, 2018 | University of British Columbia | | Eduardo Jovel, Zyta Abramowski, Elena Pakalnis, Bruce Marshall,...
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Alchemist
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
Special Report: Sleeping Beauty - How suspect gold reached top brands
LA RINCONADA, Peru (Reuters) - From the Andes mountains, thousands of artisanal gold-diggers for years sent fragments of metal to a Swiss...
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Alchemist
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
Trading mercury
In 2012, the global trade in mercury reached a peak of US$210 million. Four thousand and forty tonnes of the element—used in everything...
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