Environment & Energy

Illegal Gold Mining’s Toxic Toll: Pink River Dolphins Signal a Deeper Amazon Crisis

By Economics Desk | September 16, 2025

Rising mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Amazon devastates endangered pink river dolphins and Indigenous communities, exposing Washington’s failure to address the environmental and national security implications of unchecked globalist-driven resource exploitation.

In the heart of the Amazon, a haunting sight emerges beneath the murky waters—a flash of pink as endangered river dolphins surface, their graceful forms caught in a perilous web woven by human greed. These iconic pink river dolphins, already on the brink due to habitat loss and overfishing, now bear invisible wounds inflicted by rampant mercury pollution linked to illegal gold mining. Are We Ignoring a Growing Threat Beyond Our Borders? Scientists like Fernando Trujillo risk months in remote Colombian waterways to capture and examine these creatures, using them as sentinels for the river’s health. Their findings are alarming:...

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