Dirty Gold Mining Issues
Learn more about how dirty gold mining continues to negatively impact the environment, workers, and surrounding communities.
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Gold mining, long a dirty process, has become very damaging to the environment due to modern mining practices including open pit mining, heap leaching, and amalgamation.
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Dirty gold mining scars the landscape, generates huge volumes of toxic waste, contaminates eco-systems with mercury and cyanide, and poisons water supplies.
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Relations between international mining companies and local workers are often strained by differing agendas and inadequate governmental regulations.
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Dirty gold mining has displaced indigenous communities and heightened political tensions throughout gold mining regions.
