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The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security
… it also has severe environmental impacts, whether from mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining,12 or … drinking water and polluting water and land with mercury and cyanide. Colombia has the largest popu- lation of … Indeed, arti- sanal gold miners spill more than 30 tons of mercury in rivers and lakes in the Amazon region every year, …
Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats
… pollutants, such as lead, chromium, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury; Waste and hazardous substances threaten the … but they also require the use of toxic chemicals (e.g. mercury). Similarly, the use of pesticides, insecticides, and … have serious environmental repercussions: the use of mercury, for instance, is particularly harmful to workers’ …