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Peruvian gold rush turns pristine rainforests into heavily polluted mercury sinks

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

Feb 25
2 min

Peruvian gold rush turns pristine rainforests into heavily polluted mercury sinks

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First Person: Telling the tragic story of mercury poisoning in Japan- Minamata(cop)4

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Nov 2, 2021
2 min

First Person: Telling the tragic story of mercury poisoning in Japan- Minamata(cop)4

UN News Global perspective Human stories 30 October 2021 Health Masami Ogata is a survivor of Minamata Disease, a debilitating illness...

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How To Tell If Mercury Toxicity Is The Cause Of Your Mysterious Symptoms

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Aug 31, 2021
1 min

How To Tell If Mercury Toxicity Is The Cause Of Your Mysterious Symptoms

Written by Elizabeth Boham, MD "Mercury can affect nearly all your organs, especially the brain, heart, kidneys, and gut, and many...

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Legal mining deforested over 120,000 hectares in Colombia within less than one decade

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Aug 23, 2021
1 min

Legal mining deforested over 120,000 hectares in Colombia within less than one decade

By Joanna Kedzierska "Levels of deforestation in Colombia have significantly increased in recent years due to logging by the legal mining...

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Aug 20, 2021
2 min

Congratulations Bahrain!

On Aug 19, 2021 the Government of Bahrain deposited its instrument of ratification becoming the 133rd Party to the Minamata Convention on...

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Mercury: Get This Heavy-Metal Poison Out of Your Body

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Aug 16, 2021
1 min

Mercury: Get This Heavy-Metal Poison Out of Your Body

IF YOU ARE HEAVY, it could be making you sick and tired and age prematurely. And I don’t mean heavy with fat … I mean heavy with heavy...

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Aug 10, 2021
1 min

Mercury Observatory

In partnership with Fiocruz, CINCIA, and other institutions, WWF-Brazil has created the Mercury Observatory, which assembles studies and...

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Should gold mining be considered an impact investment?

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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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Leaching gold with cassava: An option to eliminate mercury use in artisanal gold mining.

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

Jun 24, 2021
2 min

Leaching gold with cassava: An option to eliminate mercury use in artisanal gold mining.

| Journal of Cleaner Production | Volume 311, 15 August 2021, 127531 | | P. Torkamana, M. M. Veiga, L. R. P. de Andrade Lima, L .A....

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Trillion Trees: Amazon Bioeconomy Challenge

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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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How mercury sneaks into the most vulnerable communities in US and Canada

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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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ECUADOR TAILINGS DISCHARGE POLLUTES THE CALERA RIVER WATERS - IN PERU THE CONSEQUENCES ARE SUFFERING

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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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Portovelo-Zaruma Artisanal Mining: Poverty Driven Destruction

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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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Portovelo-Zaruma Artisanal Miners March for Better Working Conditions

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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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Mysterious chemical found in dead cat’s brain reopens debate over mercury poisoning disaster

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Feb 7, 2021
1 min

Mysterious chemical found in dead cat’s brain reopens debate over mercury poisoning disaster

The city of Minamata, Japan, is dotted with monuments commemorating victims of an industrial mass poisoning decades ago. High in the...

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Mercury (II) Binding Activity of Vegetable and Fruit Juices: Identifying Potential Detoxifying Juice

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

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Special Report: Sleeping Beauty - How suspect gold reached top brands

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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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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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UK Super Rock Star Robbie Williams 'almost died' from mercury poisoning over seafood habit

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

Jan 6, 2021
2 min

UK Super Rock Star Robbie Williams 'almost died' from mercury poisoning over seafood habit

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