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Gold Mining Critically Impairs Water Quality in Rivers Across Peruvian Biodiversity Hotspot: Dartmouth College
November 12, 2019
HANOVER, New Hampshire, Nov. 12 [TNSenvironmentresearch-Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal] -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release:

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- Study Examines Increased Sediment Levels in Rivers As a Result of Mining

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A Dartmouth study finds that artisanal-scale gold mining is altering water clarity and dynamics in the Madre de Dios River watershed in Peru, a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Higher levels of . . .

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