According to the World Gold Council, about 195,300 tons of gold have been dug out of the ground in all of human history. Countless lives have been lost obtaining the rare metal, and in the developing world, which currently accounts for 20 percent of the world's gold production, small-scale mining and smelting under primitive conditions poses a major health hazard. To help alleviate this, a team from Argonne National Laboratory and the US Environmental Protection Agency are developing a prototype mercury capture system to reduce heavy metal pollution... Continue Reading Recapture system limits mercury exposure from gold purification
Section: Environment
Tags: Argonne National Laboratory, Brazil, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Gold, Mining
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