Peru’s Rainforest Turns to Wasteland From Illegal Gold Mining – NBC News.com

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Peru’s Rainforest Turns to Wasteland From Illegal Gold Mining

Decades of illegal gold mining have transformed large expanses of virgin Peruvian rainforest into pocked, denuded, mercury-poisoned wastelands.

via NBC News: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latin-america/perus-rainforest-turns-wasteland-illegal-gold-mining-n260006

Decades of illegal gold mining have transformed large expanses of virgin Peruvian rainforest into pocked, denuded, mercury-poisoned wastelands.