Blacksmith Institute - Mercury: The Burning Issue (Part 1)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ม.ค. 2010
- What is the connection between the gold you wear and the mercury-contaminated seafood on your plate? This video helps to explain it all. It documents Blacksmith Institute's project in Indonesia to reduce mercury poisoning from the gold mining process.
At least a quarter of the world's total gold supply comes from artisanal gold mining. UNIDO (The United Nations Industrial Development Organization) estimates that artisanal gold mining results in the release of an estimated 1,000 tons of toxic mercury per year, which constitutes about 30% of the world's mercury emissions.
Some 15 million gold miners, including 4.5 million women and 600,000 children, are poisoned by direct contact with toxic mercury. In addition, mercury rises and travels, dropping into rivers, oceans and seas, contaminating seafood far and wide.
Blacksmith is working with UNIDO's Global Mercury Project in Senegal, Indonesia, Mozambique, and Cambodia.
This video shows how Indonesian miners use mercury to release small amounts of gold. It also showcases a solution that has been introduced to the miners - a simple retort that can recapture mercury used in the gold mining process. This retort has been successful in reducing the amount of toxic mercury emissions.
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courageous. keep up the good work...
where can someone get a hold of the stainless retort? thanks for the info.
Respected Sir
Why and how u are using mercury in gold mining please tell me and how this mercury will affecting maining workers please tell me.
If U answers for these my quastions i will tray to eleminate for this risk as for as my knowledge.
Thanks U
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@staydput They were not "maddened", but the mercury affected the nerves, causing twitching.
Also, just a minor detail, but the process was for making fur felt, not tanning leather.
The mercury vapours caused the hairs from the fur (typically beaver) to clump together like dryer lint, which was then formed by hand into felt.
Apik sak glondong oleh sak ons. Material kotor pirang kilo sak glondong?
Impressive operation they have going there, probably cost less than a grand to set up. The willingness to accept injury and pollution allows this type of low budget artisanal mining.
Sorry to hear about that. Lead is also one of the most poisonous metals, and is way more worked than Mercury. At least is has been eliminated from many home products, specially paint, but it is a very necessary component for the industry. Also it is dangerous because it tastes like sugar.
Where is the rest of the videos?
@staydput they could be using elemental mercury which doesn't have the contact issue
do you need mucry to refine gold?
well no you could do it with other sort of stuff but thats also really dangerous.
pure elemental mercury isn't super dangerous, mercury salts are the ones you gotta look out for.
0:49 I love the way you say that.. 😆😅🤣
AP bohat Achy ho
wasting all that good mercury for worthless gold. omg, the diamagnetic properties of mercury are amazing.
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Selamunaleyküm kolay gelsin
İnsallah bilgilerinizden bizde ögreniriz
Guna kain payung👍
romans put vinegar in lead containers to make it sweet (due to lead(II)acetate formed by reaction of lead and acetic acid), lithium is in fact the most lightest metal and it is not so toxic ....
lol love the captions
dont worry you'e not alone
You're so kind
Дикие люди, дети гор...
Bisa pesan air raksa mercury
wauw.... just wauw.... at least give those guys some gloves and a fumehud :(
HOLY SHIT YOU DISCOVERED THE SECRET OF ETERNAL YOUTH
Man you got something in your head
google it man. its toxicity is its usefulness. they take just enough to mellow them without damaging them permanently. it is a delicate balancing act
Yah khanij gold ko refine karne ka process hai yah bahut costly hota hai yahan bahut ALP Matra mein gold nikalta hai ismein labour kharch itna jyada hai ki yahan koi profit hone ki dur dur Tak sambhavna nahin yah sirf khanij gold ko refine karne ka process hai hamare Rajasthan mein aisa process hota hai vahan ISI tarah mitti ko refine kar kar ke gold prapt Kiya jata hai
not only "these poor guys" will be affected by mining... I would say everyone in the world, soon or later...
Ginko
I'm going to love you.
lithium is highly toxic, it just doesn't have the additive effects of mercury or heavy metals.
gravity separation is almost always cheaper and better than mercury use but shaker tables are expensive much more work must be done on making gravity options cheaper and more effective so only a fool would use mercury.
Je nab kuce lafzu ke seammag nahe ate
black smith institute is de non profit institute. I fkn lost it rofl in Indonesia
I am in alchemy science of goal
me love you long time
@meyoubeer
now its funny that you point it out lol ;___;
@staydput just was kinda trollin i'm sure you get "you're obviously not a chemist" all the time trollface.jpg
I am pakistane how are you
it also reduces your ability to detect sarcasm as i see
DO THEY EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS?
"established in ninety ninety nine
She is learned your languages beside all other things, can you learn her languages? Forget all OTHER things?
I don't think handling that mercury all day is good for you...
ASIAN !!!!
I dont think thats america lady
i hope its for attention only...
@staydput you're obviously not a chemist
lmaooooooooo wahaha me 222 lolll
@staydput because cyanide is so much safer!
@phillypimp someone has to tell somebody about it how do you know what she does off camera ur a troll simple as that
@maxinpains
Im not even being racist. Calm down
Damn strong accent much?
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we're fuck'd
I'm an Indonesian, and this is the worst accent I've ever heard.
important she can speak english than nothing.
She's Indonesian I guess
Yeh, you look like her evil twin
OMG she is scary!
@UrbanLeopard13 what the hell is wrong with you/him?
Sorry, I don't understand chicken.
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nothing nothing
no offence...but i cant stop laughing when she's talkin..
her accent!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
lolol
ргъ
AT 6:24 i thought he through a child
this is fucking disturbiinngggg...... oh man im bothered
de que mierda hablan aquí no entiendo un culo
Who here did not understand 1 word she said
I understand one word
modern an iyayangan,,,lol
MIEPIE OELOEKIE ARIEKIE ANDAKIE RETARDIE LANGUAGIE
very wrong
This is a gold mining refining process only remember please
Не может отжатая амальгама содержать 80% ртути!