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- Gold is found in a multitude of other products besides jewelry such, as electronics, computers, and financial backings (coins). -misconception is that natural gold has cooled from a molten state -but gold is really a solid that was dissolved in hot liquid and forced upward to cooler regions near the Earth's surface convergent boundaries. - |
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- the process of extraction has proven to be dangerous and helpful to miners and environment -before 1990 ores were crushed with stamp mills and mixed with mercury through a process called "washoe". -mercury can cause damage to organ and central nervous system because it is transported the water, soil, and air |
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-Gold prices are rising up by the ounce which attracts people from impoverished areas that adopted ASGM. -ASGM is key in income and providing jobs for 10-15 million people -Alternatives to using mercury would be using gloves and retorts to reduce skin exposure and cyanidation -cyanidation has a similar process to mercury but can be made less toxic by adding calcium hydroxide |
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I think gold mining should continue because creates long term jobs, has different types of processes tjat can be used that are not harmful to miners or citizens or environment. |
