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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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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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...
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alchemist21
- 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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alchemist21
- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
Climate Change Is Acidifying and Contaminating Drinking Water and Alpine Ecosystems
Scientific America By Elizabeth Miller on November 4, 2021 Hotter, drier mountains leach more metal into streams from abandoned mines and...
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alchemist21
- 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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alchemist21
- Oct 18, 2021
- 2 min
Congratulations: Dr. Marcello Veiga Presents the Newlox Coexistence Model for Artisanal Mining
Vancouver, BC –The Newswire -14 October 2021– Newlox Gold Ventures Corp. (“Newlox” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Dr....
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alchemist21
- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
congratulations Poland
Sept. 30, 2021 the Government of Poland deposited its instrument of ratification becoming the 135th Party to the #MinamataConvention on...
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alchemist21
- 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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alchemist21
- 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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alchemist21
- 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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alchemist21
- 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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alchemist21
- 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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alchemist21
- Aug 5, 2021
- 2 min
Interview with Bruce A. Cosgrove - Cassava Plant extract to leach more gold from ore Sustainably
Do you know what gold, jewellery, electronics, Ecuador, biodiversity destruction, and UK Super Rock Star @robbiewilliams have in common?...
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alchemist21
- Jul 14, 2021
- 1 min
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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alchemist21
- 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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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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alchemist21
- 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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alchemist21
- 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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alchemist21
- 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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