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Category Archives: Mercury
Meet The Maqques: A Family Of Gold Miners Going Mercury Free So They Can Work Together Safely
Earlier this year, Pure Earth launched an ambitious project in Peru, supported by Brilliant Earth, a global leader in ethically sourced fine jewelry. The goal: to transform the Chichiqueros artisanal gold mining community into a mercury-free model. The Chichiqueros work in an area … Continue reading
Posted in Latin America/Caribbean, Mercury, Uncategorized
Tagged Brilliant Earth, gold mining, mercury, Peru
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In Photos: Teaching Artisanal Gold Miners To Extract Gold Without Mercury
2019 Update: Explore and bid on the 2019 Pure Earth Pure Gold collection, presented by The Model Mafia, to support Pure Earth’s pollution cleanup work, including efforts to train artisanal gold miners to go mercury free. Meet the Model Mafia: Working With Pure Earth … Continue reading
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Tagged ASGM, gold mining, Leoncio, mercury, Peru
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Pure Earth Pure Gold Benefit Sparks Golden Opportunity To Fight Mercury Poisoning
Do you know where the gold in your jewelry comes from? Following the success of our recent Pure Earth Pure Gold Benefit Bash, we think many more people will begin to ask that crucial question and demand that more be done to … Continue reading
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(VIDEO) In Their Backyards, Indonesian Gold Miners May Have Found Key To Reducing Mercury Emissions
Read the story on Medium. In Manado, at the picturesque tip of North Sulewesi in remote Indonesia, local artisanal gold miners may have found, in their backyards, the key to reducing mercury emissions. Across Indonesia, you can see roofs of houses … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Mercury, Uncategorized
Tagged gold mining, ijuk, Indonesia, mercury
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Mercury, Mining and Mongolian Ninjas
This week’s post comes from Andrew McCartor, Blacksmith’s program director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, who was recently in Mongolia. There is no preparing for the Mongolian winter. When I stepped onto the tarmac in the capital city … Continue reading
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Tagged mercury, Mongolia
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Helping Countries Abide By Minamata
Earlier this month, Pure Earth was with the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) in Minamata, Japan, to witness the landmark signing of the first international treaty to curb mercury pollution, and to help countries abide by the agreement. To … Continue reading
Filipino Gold Miner’s Mercury-Free Revolution
A movement is taking root in the small province of Benguet in the Philippines that might just revolutionize the artisanal gold mining industry and greatly reduce worldwide toxic mercury emissions. Gold miners there are rediscovering a century-old method of gold … Continue reading
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