Peru declares mercury poison emergency due to gold mining

Monday, May 23, 2016 - 17:26 in Earth & Climate

Peru declared an environmental emergency on Monday in 11 Amazon jungle districts where mercury pollution blamed on unregulated gold mining is poisoning people and fish.

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