A New Global Picture on Mercury in Fish
Most people have heard warnings to limit or avoid eating certain kinds of fish that may have relatively high levels of mercury. Today the Biodiversity Research...
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How Clean Are Your Clothes? Pollution from China's Textile Industry
More than 6000 water pollution violations from apparel factories in China – that is just one revelation in a stunning new account of water pollution from the...
Travels with Mercury II: Using Mercury in Small Scale Gold Mining
In my last post, I described my visit to small scale gold mining operations in Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. The devastation of the land was stunning,...
Travels with Mercury: Small-Scale Gold Mining in Indonesia
About a month ago I found myself clinging with both hands to the back of a motorcycle, travelling through what looked like a desert landscape. In fact, I was...