What's behind the toxic levels of mercury in tropical birds? Gold

A UCLA-led international team also found high levels in carnivorous birds and those in aquatic habitats.

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High mercury levels in tropical birds in Americas blamed on gold

Mercury levels and genotoxic effect in caimans from tropical

Birds Are Becoming Gay From Mercury Pollution, According To New

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In Bolivia, Mercury Pollution Spreads Amid a Surge in Gold Mining

Local intensity of artisanal gold mining drives mercury

Mercury in birds (aquatic and scavenger) from the Western

A century-long record of mercury contamination in seabirds

forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury

High mercury levels in tropical birds in Americas blamed on gold