Claudia Vega

But you're not able to observe everything.

And they know much more than us.

Like we have to use their knowledge.

So we're trying to find how can science and indigenous people work together and we learn from each other.

If you do it in a non-abstract way, it will be with cyanide, which is also a dangerous substance.

Yeah, I was going to say, that doesn't sound much better than mercury.

Yeah, yeah.

The thing is, it's usually big companies that use it, and there's a way to treat it.

The difference between mercury and cyanide, that mercury is an element, so you cannot destroy it.

But cyanide is like a compound, so you can break it down and reduce the toxicity.

Which is what the big companies do.

But to do that, they need a lot of work.

They need like big processing plants.

And, you know, it takes more money and space to do that.

I see.

So it's an option.

I will say it's an easy option because you don't need to be trained to do it like that.

There are other techniques.

There's shaking tables and there are like different techniques, but you need to be trained.

And mercury is very simple.