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Amazon Bishop Sounds Alarm on Illegal Gold Mining Crisis
10/9/2025
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Story summary
- Bishop Miguel Ángel Cadenas warns illegal gold mining in Peru's Amazon is escalating due to post-COVID-19 gold prices.
- Mercury contamination from mining threatens rivers, fish, and communities, with hair samples exceeding WHO limits.
- Cadenas calls for international cooperation and traceability to prevent illegal gold from entering markets.
- Cadenas highlights violence against environmental defenders and notes food insecurity from contaminated fish.
