Toxic mercury poisons miners by the millions

About 15 million people use mercury in processing ore as they mine for gold in developing countries
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[@ancientmum]

Poverty is quite a demon, but the god of antipoverty is way more exacting.

[@wyethsutton1350]

Im certain they could buy a pair of gloves

[@wyethsutton1350]

Or a mask

[@wyethsutton1350]

But i jukped the gun too on commenting

[@Gunarkochannel]

USA, japan, germany, france using mercury too for recovery gold. 😂 dont blame another country dude.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Ancient civilizations such as the Chinese thought that drinking Mercury would extend your life, quite ironic it did the opposite.

[@danhelwig]

One of the most interesting tales of eating mercury is the tracing of the Lewis and Clark camp latrines marked by the 1000+ mercury pills taken as medicine on that journey.

[@Rickyyy-sl2hb]

Buy some gloves and less beer 😂

[@niccosaur7778]

So...... What?

[@talusranch990]

Waaaaa

[@kantammakore2292]

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