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Small-scale miners at a riverbed on the outskirts of Harare.

Mining

How Zimbabwe’s gold rush is poisoning water

In Zimbabwe, rising gold prices are fuelling a boom in unregulated small-scale mining, which is coming at a heavy cost to health and the environment. The mercury used in the process is contaminating the country’s water sources, but corruption and political int...