Gold at any cost: Rising metal prices multiply environmental crimes
At the end of February, its value increased by 57% compared to the same period last year, further tempting those who exploit it illegally
In the southwest of the state of Pará, Brazil, beneath the vast, darkened waters of the Tapajós River, which slowly meander through the dense Amazon rainforest, a stealthy misfortune creeps along. With the river current, mercury spreads: an invisible poison that does not kill with the immediacy of a bullet, but that leaves a trail of violent disruption in every body it hits, like an unannounced sentence.
