Local miners are naively believing that poisonous mercury is the only way to extract gold

These local miners in Uganda are naively believing that mercury is the only way to extract and recovery gold from concentrates. We do not advise using mercury in gold recovery and will refuse to do so. All miners are advised to stop using mercury immediately. Mercury is dangerous poison and is polluting environment, the water which is drunk by children, people and cattle. Mercury poison is then traveling to plants, fruits, vegetables, to fish, and trees. People are getting cancer and other dangerous…

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