Mercury is essential to small-scale gold mining in South America however growing scrutiny of its well being and environmental impression within the Amazon is resulting in its prohibition all through the continent.
This investigation delves into the underworld of mercury, following its path from Guyana to neighboring Suriname, exploring the well being and environmental penalties, and what the prohibition of mercury would imply for the livelihoods of miners and communities throughout the Amazon.
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People of the world talk about struggling to feed their children… Duh, if you have 17 children in a downed economy that fault lies directly on you and no one else. My parents only had 2 of us… Damn…
18:00 What language is that? Papiamento?
3 minutes in and I still have no idea why mercury is relevant to small time gold miners. Whoever organized this video messed up
Borax system??? Wtf why don’t they know it?
Cody's lab just found it's new grant fund lol
It’s meth isn’t it? We’ll it should be. I was on a real bad one last week. Slamming it. I also have had Two moderna shots. And I think like 4 Johnson and Johnson shots.
So last time. I pretended to drop my wallet. This dumb female left the syringes out. I kyped a few….
I injected my cat. And my neighbors dog. I do have medical training. I still have two left (refrigerated).
Please get vaccinated!
I heard that back in the PS2 era, Sony was dragged in this mining issue due to when PS2 was so in demand, these poor miners were forced to work double time to harvest more rare earth. Because one of the rare components of the hardware's microchip was imported from this part of the globe.
Yall realize mercury comes from the environment, right?
perc 30 moment
I get the issue with mercury, what about cyanide does that not bind with the soil and destroy ecosystems?
can no-one make a mercury substitute?
more rare earth. Because one of the rare components of the hardware's microchip was imported from this part of the globe.
And the fucking and the governments of this world throw up on bitcoin mining.
Cant trust vice is govs psy op channel gatekeepers
this is so wrong,why is the focus on mercury instead of cyanids
Not telling the name of the miners but took their videos instead 🤣🤣
Am selling my kidney
I Think the only solution is to somehow make gold as invaluable as dirt. Make gold illegal to be used in jewelry and electronics and make possession a crime as well. If we stop using Mercury now we can start to focus on the health of the environment and people that we know are going to be plagued for generations to come.
How glad I am being born in Vienna. God bless this pour souls.
Mercury is amazing, and necessary for so many industrial applications; I’ve rolled a glob of it in my hands, knowing that the vapor equivalent is as poisonous as cyanide.
wtf they just make people dig mercury out with their hands?
more rare earth. Because one of the rare components of the hardware's microchip was imported from this part of the globe.
The rich don't care…..never will.
i hope this unorganized and poor pseudcountry can be acepted as part of brazil or even as a southamerican country will be nice in the future
13:11 that was a funny line 😂
This isn't a flaw… it's just a feature of global capitalism. Ever watch gold rush? They are doing all fine gold recovery. Yet these countries don't get that tech imported. Only more mercury is dropped off there and the importer is considered a good business man back in the states. If the global elite can outlaw methods that literally were used in the American south west they need to provide alternatives.
I thought touching raw mercury would sleep through your skin and mess you up immediately but homeboy at the beginning seemed fine.
Had a murcury spill at my old middle school
I think I wanna leave a voicemail ????
Wrong colour for subtitles
The worst part is they sell the idea that they need murcury and that it's the only way to extract the most amount of gold.
Borax can do an equal or better job when used properly. Also, it's non toxic.
What determines it it's black market or not? If it's just because it's not reported to a government and this taxed then that's extortion by government. I wish that all governments would disappear
The freedom to live would return. Can you imagine the peace that we could enjoy if we weren't imposed upon by government to pay tax? Liberty and freedom.
I love Mercury!