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El Platino
El Platino
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Platinum is a mineral found in the river basins, in Latin America we can find it in Colombia in
the deparment of Choco mainly in the municipality of Condoto, in this Region the mining
informal and illegal is produced more frequently, the effects produced by mining in this town
can be the diseases caused by mercury used for leaching this mineral, the absorption of this
mineral through breathing affects the functioning of organs like liver, kidneys, skin, pancreas,
testicles, prostate and others and for consumption of foods like fish with high levels of mercury
can cause coronary heart disease and neurocognitive effects in the human body (Medical
Letter, 2010). Respect for the environmental problems that platinum mining causes, we can
show a large percentage of water pollution according to Ideam (2014), in this rivers they pour
chemicals, oils, excreta and mercury.