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Miners use mercury to separate gold from rock while they inhale toxic vapors during the refining process. A gram of gold may fetch $35 for a miner while adding a potentially heavy cost to his health including neurological and genetic damage.

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RANDY OLSON
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adult, asia, borneo, borneo island (indonesia), close up, color image, day, directly above, galangan, getty, gold, gold industry and production, human hands, image composition, indonesia, industry, industry and production, kalimantan, laborers, man, mercury, mercury (metal), metals and metallic substances, miners, mining, one person, outdoors, photography, pollutant, production, southeast asia, toxic, wet
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The Price of GOLD_National Geographic magazine_1/2009
Miners use mercury to separate gold from rock while they inhale toxic vapors during the refining process. A gram of gold may fetch $35 for a miner while adding a potentially heavy cost to his health including neurological and genetic damage.