[Rockhounds] Environmental legacy of pre-Columbian Maya mercury usage

[Paul]

Dangerous Amounts of Mercury Found in Soil of Ancient Maya
The ancient Maya in Mesoamerica had toxic levels of mercury,
which could have caused mercury poisoning in their civilization.
By Erin Berge, Discovery, Sep 23, 2022
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/dangerous-amounts-of-mercury-found-in-soil-of-ancient-maya

Settlements of Ancient Maya were Contaminated with Mercury,
Scientists Say, News Staff, Science News, Sept. 23, 2022
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/ancient-maya-mercury-11226.html

The paper is:

Cook DE, Beach TP, Luzzadder-Beach S, Dunning NP and
Turner SD (2022) Environmental legacy of pre-Columbian
Maya mercury. Front. Environ. Sci. 10:986119. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.986119
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.986119/full

Yours,

Paul H.