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...
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- 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...
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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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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)
- 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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 20, 2022
- 2 min
Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists.
Guardian Damian Carrington Environment editor Tue 18 Jan 2022 08.00 GMT Study calls for cap on production and release as pollution...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Jan 12, 2022
- 2 min
U.S. emissions and coal generation increased in 2021, threatening Biden's climate goals
| Washington Post - The Climate 202 Analysis | By Maxine Joselow with research by Alexandra Ellerbeck | Yesterday at 8:14 a.m. EST The...
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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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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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 Spain
Dec. 13, 2021 the Government of Spain deposited its instrument of ratification becoming the 137th Party to the #MinamataConvention on...
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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
- 2 min
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 10, 2021
- 2 min
GEF PRESS RELEASE Donors pledge $413 million to help most vulnerable cope with climate crisis
November 9, 2021 In a show of support for those most at risk from climate change, 12 donor governments have pledged $413 million in new...
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