Deforestation Due to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Exacerbates Soil and Mercury Mobilization in Madre de Dios, Peru

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a significant contributor of mercury (Hg) contamination and deforestation across the globe. In the Colorado River watershed in Madre de Dios, Peru, mining and deforestation have increased exponentially since the 1980s, resulting in major socioeconomic...

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Published in:Environ Sci Technol
Main Authors: Diringer, Sarah E., Berky, Axel J., Marani, Marco, Ortiz, Ernesto J., Karatum, Osman, Plata, Desiree L., Pan, William K., Hsu-Kim, Heileen
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7244384/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31825606
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b06620
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