Mexico’s rising mercury trade fuels toxic gold mining in Latin America: Report

Mongabay
Jul 30, 2025, 1:07 pm144 pts
MEXICO CITY — In 2017, as part of an international treaty, Mexico started phasing down mercury production and eliminating its use in gold mining, citing major environmental and public health hazards. The effort appeared to work: Between 2017 and 2018, the government reported that national mercury production…

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