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How a rainforest toxicologist is cleaning up gold mining in the Amazon

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Not all that glitters is gold. Especially when it’s tinged with the poison of toxic mercury. On this week’s Curious Climate, co-host Maryam Pasha speaks to the rainforest toxicologist exposing mercury contamination in artisanal gold mining in the Amazon, live at TED 2025. The founding mercury research director at the Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA) and TED Fellow Claudia Vega partners with miners, healthcare workers, and policy makers, to transform cutting-edge science into tangible solutions to protect gold miners and critical ecosystems.


Created by TEDxLondon

Executive produced by Josie Colter

Produced by Ben Beheshty

Curated by Deesha Chandra

Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst

Communications by Tara Cooper and Issey Gladston

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Not all that glitters is gold. Especially when it’s tinged with the poison of toxic mercury. On this week’s Curious Climate, co-host Maryam Pasha speaks to the rainforest toxicologist exposing mercury contamination in artisanal gold mining in the Amazon, live at TED 2025. The founding mercury research director at the Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA) and TED Fellow Claudia Vega partners with miners, healthcare workers, and policy makers, to transform cutting-edge science into tangible solutions to protect gold miners and critical ecosystems.


Created by TEDxLondon

Executive produced by Josie Colter

Produced by Ben Beheshty

Curated by Deesha Chandra

Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst

Communications by Tara Cooper and Issey Gladston

Continue the Climate Curious conversation on socials:

Instagram

TikTok

YouTube

LinkedIn

Website


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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