Traces of mercury have reached the most remote areas of the Colombian Amazon

It’s no surprise that the Amazon region is poisoned by mercury. In the region that’s fighting to remain humanity’s greatest asset against climate change, there are at least 2,312 sites and 245 areas where illegal mineral extraction takes place. This according to data from the Amazon Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information (RAISG).

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