UN warns Colombia over mercury contamination in Atrato River, calls crisis a human rights emergency
FILE – A group of women, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, go by boat to an area destroyed by illegal mining, on the Quito River, the Atrato River’s main tributary, near Paimado, Colombia, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File) FILE – An illegal mining camp, sits along the…