Illegal gold mining promotes the “Mercury Ever” in Mexico, poisoning people and the environment
San Joaquin, Mexico (AP) – The drill echoes through a narrow tunnel at a deep mountain, where Miner Hugo Flores searched for one of the most toxic elements of the earth on foot. Buried in red mineral stripes lit with its front lamp, is mercury. Here, in pine-covered mountains known as Sierra Gorda-one of the … Read more