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![Panning for Gold on the Madre de Dios River in the Peruvian Amazon, the river boasts the highest levels of mercury pollution ...](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/4ecef2b5-3ced-4a47-a147-7c5af9f96f50/007802_xgaplus.jpg)
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Panning for Gold on the Madre de Dios River in the Peruvian Amazon, the river boasts the highest levels of mercury pollution of any river worldwide due to the gold mining industry along its banks.
Photo ID: 007801
Author: David Tipling / Birdphoto.co.uk
David Tipling / Birdphoto.co.uk
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