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Artisanal gold mining by local cooperatives abounds in protected areas across Bolivia, in particular the Apolobamba highlands near the border with Peru.
A study of over 300 people reported high levels of this toxic material, which miners use to extract gold from the rivers that supply water and food to the communities
LA PAZ At dawn in Apolobamba, in the Bolivian highlands, groups of vicuña and alpaca some sheared, some shaggy amble around looking for scrub to graze on, though the frozen ground offers little. The scene is silent, but for the clanks and rumbles of machinery at the nearby gold mines. Apolobamba is […]