Environmental Impact of Smallscale and Artisanal Gold Mining .
Smallscale gold mining in southern Ecuador is causing considerable environmental impacts, the most important of which are related to the discharge of metals, metalloids and cyanide into adjacent rivers. In the rivers, these contaminants are generally not present in watersoluble forms, but are instead associated with suspended particles and river bed sediment. However, .
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