Post by
iiioiii on Oct 24, 2021 2:12pm
A Little Sunday Reading: Mercury Contamination.
Mercury contamination in the environment is a very real problem with significant repercussions for the local ecosystem, including the communities that rely on the local food web to survive. Here are few links to really hammer home just how bad the issue is and why helping to clean up mercury contaminated tailings, while making a profit at the same time, makes Newlox Gold a solid ESG company worth investing in:
Philippines Mercury Poisoning Report Highlights Risks
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/09/philippines-mercury-poisoning-report-highlights-risks#
Mining exposes Indigenous women in Latin America to high mercury levels
news.mongabay.com/2021/07/mining-exposes-indigenous-women-in-latin-america-to-high-mercury-levels
Low Dose Mercury Toxicity and Human Health
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://scholar.google.ca/scholar_url%3Furl%3Dhttps://www.academia.edu/download/45953150/j.etap.2005.03.00720160525-3385-xzwvkt.pdf%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26ei%3DN4V1YdXiC465yQTj56XIAQ%26scisig%3DAAGBfm0i8XGITX33U9q7z8pjVWKgN4Pspw%26oi%3Dscholarr&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj72Mi_t-PzAhU1CTQIHWSZBl8QgAN6BAgNEAI&usg=AOvVaw1v7FtydIeErn5POBWE_R7Q
The final link is a secondary source which is now more than a 16 years old. But, since we're not writing a paper here and I wanted something broad yet detailed that didn't require a subscription to really show the myriad of negative health effects even low dose mercury contamination can have on local communities, it'll be good enough.
Cheers.