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<p>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.</p>

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Mercury Madness

Segovia, a Colombia gold-mining town, is awash in mercury

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