Mercury Smoke in the Amazon (IMAGE)

Duke University

Mercury Smoke in the Amazon

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Artisinal gold miners in the Peruvian Amazon use open pit fires to extract gold, sending methylmercury into the atmosphere. New data shows how that mercury is absorbed by nearby ecosystems.

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Melissa Marchese

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