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Latin America
Mercury Madness
Posted on May 24, 2012
Photograph by Ronald deHommel for Bloomberg Businessweek
Foothills
In Segovia, Colombia, nearly 100 shops process the gold that prospectors bring down from the foothills of the Andes Mountains. The cheapest, easiest way for miners to refine gold is to mix it with mercury, aka quicksilver.
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