About 100,000 Mongolians are rural “gold ninjas.”
While these Mongolian “ninjas” are heroic in their efforts to make a living for their families – artisanal gold mining is difficult and dangerous work – they are, unfortunately, also being poisoned by their jobs. Find out why these miners have been compared to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and what is poisoning them and their families.
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