Poisoned By The Gold Rush

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  • Опубліковано 22 тра 2016
  • Gold is quickly becoming the new cocaine in Colombia. The precious metal is now the currency of choice for individuals and groups engaging in illicit trade in the South American country. That's because unlike cocaine, it's perfectly legal to carry gold, and unlike money, it's virtually untraceable. But there are some major side-effects of Colombia's new gold rush that locals are curiously quiet about: erectile dysfunction and brain damage.
    VICE News correspondent Monica Villamizar travelled to the Antioquia, Colombia, a hotbed of illegal gold mining, to investigate an unprecedented surge in impotence and neurological problems that experts are attributing to mercury, an essential gold-digging element.
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  • @VICENews
    @VICENews  6 років тому +128

    There are some major side-effects of Colombia's new gold rush that locals are curiously quiet about: erectile dysfunction and brain damage.
    WATCH NEXT: This Is Modern Day Gold Hunting In The Amazon - bit.ly/2BbEDYu

    • @knoxvilledoobie8549
      @knoxvilledoobie8549 6 років тому +3

      VICE News you should really get your information correct before you start spouting it out on UA-cam. I work in the mining industry inside the United States and we still use mercury.

    • @heavenseeker2320
      @heavenseeker2320 6 років тому +6

      Knoxville Doobie Knoxville Doobie the problem is not that they use mercury it just that they did it without a professional experience. They are literally working bare skin and handling the mercury with their bare hand. This is extremely dangerous when the exposure is long

    • @heavenseeker2320
      @heavenseeker2320 6 років тому +4

      Knoxville Doobie they wear no glove or mask or specifically any kind of protective equipment to protect them self from mercury poisoning

    • @DoomCycle
      @DoomCycle 5 років тому +2

      VICE News poor translation

    • @ThePhantomSafetyPin
      @ThePhantomSafetyPin 5 років тому +2

      @@DoomCycle I can agree with that; they need to hire better translators.

  • @xThizu
    @xThizu 8 років тому +257

    I feel like I am getting mercury poision just watching this

    • @ashtoncunningham6981
      @ashtoncunningham6981 3 роки тому +2

      Ya there allso people that had it from fillings I watched one video where guy when insane thinking bugs under his skin

    • @El_Matin
      @El_Matin 3 роки тому +6

      You should watch videos of Milk then. Apparently milk nullifies effect of Mercury Exposure

    • @Nikokl
      @Nikokl 3 роки тому +1

      Not false
      Kapp

    • @Dragon-Slay3r
      @Dragon-Slay3r Рік тому

      I thought it was rat poison 🙀

  • @CurtisAyukawa
    @CurtisAyukawa 8 років тому +878

    *I bet even the milk that guy is drinking has mercury in it...*

    • @marcomarkproductions
      @marcomarkproductions 6 років тому +9

      yummy

    • @jr.jorgesandoval9427
      @jr.jorgesandoval9427 6 років тому +7

      LilJapBoy
      Of course it does they said the city is completely polluted with its nearby river beds, in Mexico a desalination or purification plant is extremely limited to production and only top Companies can release purified gallons of water,
      But purification of mercury is hard to stop when many are doing this as the plant needs a special magnet that smashes the liquid into letting the mercury drown down to the powerful magnet, but dude it’s a monopoly this machine costs almost a half billion in 4 years and in Mexico’s economic regions it is impossible for them to unravel safety and respect.
      It’s almost as if humanity will let their kind fall only cause they are the most abusive in illicit actions instead of education.
      Fusion particle magnets have almost identical issues but workers carry safety gear and suits which is the way it should be done, so why can’t Mexico.

    • @ramosfabian99
      @ramosfabian99 5 років тому +31

      @@jr.jorgesandoval9427 they're in Colombia not Mexico you imbecile

    • @bosna3879
      @bosna3879 4 роки тому +1

      LilJapBoy mecury cows 😵

    • @pogiboy3571
      @pogiboy3571 4 роки тому +1

      milcury........ it does a body good.

  • @amisfitpuivk
    @amisfitpuivk 8 років тому +342

    NO, WE DRINK A LOT OF MILK!
    the saddest and funniest thing I've heard

    • @michaelvickers89
      @michaelvickers89 4 роки тому

      Hi 👋 p

    • @1david1r47
      @1david1r47 4 роки тому

      milk gang МОЛОКО ФОРЕВЕР

    • @TheodoreBrosevelt
      @TheodoreBrosevelt 3 роки тому +1

      What up cuz, how's the Jasmine tea in the after life

    • @unicornpisssss
      @unicornpisssss 3 роки тому +2

      I didn’t know whether to find it funny or feel sorry for them, whether he genuinely believes it won’t bring him harm or they’ve just told themselves that out of blindness for the gold (and a need to make a living of course) is disappointing either way :( at least he’s got a good attitude

    • @ikira2464
      @ikira2464 3 роки тому

      Leaves from the vine iroh my son I will revoke your birth right and Ozai will be the fire lord and you will be the weak, a lord

  • @burtonl7239
    @burtonl7239 7 років тому +1126

    What I get from this video is if I head to Antioquia, Colombia with a suitcase of viagra, I'll return with a suitcase of gold.

    • @carolynmmitchell2240
      @carolynmmitchell2240 6 років тому +27

      Burton L that sounds like such a good idea.

    • @jeeperscreepers3782
      @jeeperscreepers3782 6 років тому +22

      Burton L 😂😂😂😂😂 yooo let me know when u go i got a suitcase

    • @Orius25
      @Orius25 5 років тому +60

      Have fun breathing 400,000ng of mercury per day from the air while you're there lolol

    • @dongambino5308
      @dongambino5308 4 роки тому +13

      It’s actually common for people to sell these at clubs over there, I’m Colombian and it’s something my dad ended up doing when he owned a bar here in the states

    • @AdmiralFroggy
      @AdmiralFroggy 4 роки тому +11

      @@Orius25 Because a respiratory mask is impossible to acquire right?

  • @stuartdmclaren
    @stuartdmclaren 8 років тому +1063

    cocaine productions not looking that bad now is it.

    • @Soniti1324
      @Soniti1324 7 років тому +46

      On the contrary, I bet Escobar would have been ALL about gold mining. It would have been a much more direct venue for him to launder money, and he wouldn't have had half the trouble he did with the DEA.

    • @BobBob-tt3fe
      @BobBob-tt3fe 6 років тому

      Jonnathan Crane look at the date of the comments

    • @TimRemViral
      @TimRemViral 5 років тому +4

      @Jonnathan Crane facts

    • @narisonxxii
      @narisonxxii 4 роки тому +1

      Stuart Mclaren yup!!

    • @johncuervo3019
      @johncuervo3019 4 роки тому

      @white si

  • @grygoriitsekhmistrenko777
    @grygoriitsekhmistrenko777 7 років тому +315

    tiredness, laziness, loss of memory... dang, how did I get mercury poisoning in a Canadian university???

    • @adelaali2481
      @adelaali2481 5 років тому +3

      Grygorii Tsekhmistrenko your joke de erected my small erection

    • @patongthailand3151
      @patongthailand3151 5 років тому +8

      Vaccines that's how

    • @dsavage2954
      @dsavage2954 5 років тому +13

      It's called smoking weed

    • @lencymuna465
      @lencymuna465 5 років тому

      @PENGDO hahahaha

    • @443810
      @443810 4 роки тому +1

      @Makayla Awesome small one time exposure is nothing. Here we are talking about exposure of 5 days a week up to 7 to 9 hours a day.

  • @HunterShows
    @HunterShows 8 років тому +785

    0:41 "It would be really cool if we opened the safe, and you put my camera in there. Then you can take the gold out and close the door. Finally, open the door and put the gold back, and close the door again. Afterwards open the door and get my camera out again, please."

    • @TheOgo1971
      @TheOgo1971 8 років тому +16

      You on drugs..

    • @HunterShows
      @HunterShows 8 років тому +162

      franny YNWA You too stupid to understand what I wrote?

    • @bretmacmillan797
      @bretmacmillan797 8 років тому +59

      Hahaha I thought of the exact same thing. That's hilarious.

    • @TheOgo1971
      @TheOgo1971 8 років тому +5

      ***** Must be me then. O_o

    • @bretmacmillan797
      @bretmacmillan797 8 років тому +3

      franny YNWA but I'm also on drugs...

  • @kevinkissoon7721
    @kevinkissoon7721 3 роки тому +42

    This man took milk logic from minecraft thinking it’ll cure his poison💀

  • @johnanderson4821
    @johnanderson4821 8 років тому +98

    World has enough gold, drinkable water not so much.

    • @Erik3E
      @Erik3E 8 років тому +17

      There is plenty of water just no one willing to spend money on cleaning it.

    • @jackson7962
      @jackson7962 8 років тому +2

      oy vey get the whites to do it feed the africans!

    • @Mp57navy
      @Mp57navy 8 років тому +1

      Tell that to the people that lose their houses in floods. Want drinkable water? Go to the shore, and distill the water.

    • @jamesanderson-oc5kg
      @jamesanderson-oc5kg 6 років тому

      I hear you. Water the next most coveted resource.

  • @mabsrahman8135
    @mabsrahman8135 8 років тому +133

    Vice makes you appreciate life

    • @corlfranco9371
      @corlfranco9371 7 років тому +1

      you need to go out more and a better source of data

    • @ThePhantomSafetyPin
      @ThePhantomSafetyPin 5 років тому +9

      @@corlfranco9371 I'd love to hear some suggestions for a better source of data. That's not even sarcasm. I really want to know what you'd recommend as data sources. If Truth up there is so woefully misinformed, why don't you help them understand instead of lording over them how much more you know?

    • @Daveyrawrz7
      @Daveyrawrz7 4 роки тому +1

      Especially when you see the Vice Madagascar prisons video. Worst prison in the world.

  • @MRSLAV
    @MRSLAV 6 років тому +171

    Too bad nobody knows what gloves are when handling mercury.

    • @noble1560
      @noble1560 3 роки тому +17

      It’s airborne to

    • @angelgarnica6923
      @angelgarnica6923 3 роки тому +1

      MR SLAVV

    • @cheetoclips1904
      @cheetoclips1904 3 роки тому +1

      oh my god its the real mr slav

    • @Herfdiug
      @Herfdiug 3 роки тому

      Yes

    • @texasslingleadsomtingwong8751
      @texasslingleadsomtingwong8751 3 роки тому +2

      Hey Slav . Good seeing you here... two years later. I'm always a day late and dollar short as they say . Lol .
      Gloves are not fully the answer . The bigger issue is the vapor and contaminated water . Once it is able to off gas , anyone breathing the vapor is in big trouble . And once it is dumped in the water , the downstream recipients are in huge trouble .

  • @YungDrugg
    @YungDrugg 5 років тому +38

    GET THIS MAN A GLOVE AND A GLASS OF MILK!!!

  • @Infinitexz
    @Infinitexz 8 років тому +287

    _He need some MILK!_

  • @Valivali94
    @Valivali94 8 років тому +256

    Sooo, why do they not buy some protection? Money for drinking and partying, but not for safety? XD

    • @osnisida
      @osnisida 8 років тому +74

      Don't worry guys we got a lot of milk

    • @azankhan7385
      @azankhan7385 8 років тому

      +iWasHere Dan 😅

    • @GarrySkipPerkins
      @GarrySkipPerkins 8 років тому +18

      Obviously you are not familiar with Latin American culture. They dislike the "imperialism" of savings, investment, NOT engaging in domestic violence,...

    • @homemacai
      @homemacai 8 років тому +22

      He has no education bro, try to think as someone had nothing since the day he was born. He never never even heard of mercury poisoning.

    • @infiltr80r
      @infiltr80r 8 років тому +37

      The guys are clearly very aware of mercury poisoning but just keep doing it. Hell some even had their blood tested. You can't cure stupidity.

  • @matamarcusmata
    @matamarcusmata 6 років тому +50

    "does it hurt ur health?
    -no
    no?
    we drink alot of milk"
    lmfao

  • @mikediesel7125
    @mikediesel7125 8 років тому +787

    use one rubber glove a day life saved. No I drink milk so I don't need protection even though I'm half blind

    • @jxwlticrkld
      @jxwlticrkld 8 років тому +60

      Seems like the mercury already damaged their brains.

    • @jeffbrownme2
      @jeffbrownme2 8 років тому +21

      +Mike Diesel The problem is much worse when they compound it with the smelting process. It vaporizes the mercury into the air so that everyone in the area, even people who aren't all mining, are getting poisoned.

    • @kurtilein3
      @kurtilein3 8 років тому +2

      +jeffbrownme2 they would rather die with bling and a mercedes car than to install a fume hood with active carbon filters.

    • @tripy75
      @tripy75 8 років тому +24

      +kurtilein3 They don't want "bling and a mercedes car", they want out of poverty.
      Slight nuance.

    • @kurtilein3
      @kurtilein3 8 років тому +11

      Thierry Schork
      yeah, sure, says the mercury-poisoned guy with a 500 gram gold bar and a foot-high stack of bank notes in his safe.

  • @VICENews
    @VICENews  8 років тому +7

    VICE News correspondent Monica Villamizar travels to the Antioquia, Colombia, a hotbed of illegal gold mining, to investigate the poisonous side-effects of the gold rush.
    Watch "Blood Diamonds and Religious War: Diamonds and Division” - bit.ly/1zYdmRq

    • @brandonmurguia9495
      @brandonmurguia9495 8 років тому +5

      +VICE News This was an excellent story by Ms. Villamizar. Very well done. I'll be watching for more of her work. Thank you for putting Latinxs into Latin America to tell our stories.

    • @ThePoohat
      @ThePoohat 8 років тому +4

      it makes sense to send a reporter who can speak and understand the local dialect, where possible.

    • @JediBuddhist
      @JediBuddhist 8 років тому +2

      *Excellent reporting.*
      Clicking _Like_ seems obscene somehow.
      Keep up the good work Kids. 😉

    • @gimpgimpgimpful
      @gimpgimpgimpful 8 років тому

      Her Spanish is muy increíble 👌🏻

  • @crisdeleon
    @crisdeleon 4 роки тому +21

    13:37 "nothing is easy in life" - Caro quinntero

  • @jacobynt6851
    @jacobynt6851 5 років тому +9

    "has it harmed your health? " "nahh we drink a lot of milk"

  • @andrewgordonn
    @andrewgordonn 5 років тому +83

    9:15 the dog is just chillin there against the wall lol
    .

    • @bouya5692
      @bouya5692 3 роки тому +3

      I feel sad that you only got 62 likes in one year 😭😭

    • @perkxzzwaight10
      @perkxzzwaight10 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂😂 wildin

  • @outdoorfreedom9778
    @outdoorfreedom9778 5 років тому +7

    I live in an area that was mined and panned during the gold rush of 1849. Panning for gold is a fun hobby for the family and tourists. Quite often we will find small nuggets still covered in mercury. The stuff never goes away. Luckily the stuff wasn't used that often here.

  • @asiandudepreston747
    @asiandudepreston747 3 роки тому +5

    Reporter:”so do u have protection and symptoms when using mercury”
    miner:”I drink milk”

  • @joshn2342323
    @joshn2342323 8 років тому +7

    There are many lakes and rivers in California that are still to this day polluted with mercury from the gold rush days which shows how difficult it is to clean mercury once it is in the environment. The mercury pollution that is occurring in Colombia now will most likely end up killing several hundred thousand especially if people continue to use the local water and eat local fish.

    • @bennyrobles9194
      @bennyrobles9194 11 місяців тому +1

      Nah…just drink milk the guy said on the video…LOL LOL LOL.!!!

  • @CesarDVelez
    @CesarDVelez 4 роки тому +17

    Trivia fact: the expression "mad as hatter" came from the fact that hatters/hat makers were routinely exposed to mercury in their work, and often became "crazy" and had hand tremors.

  • @MeMe-tp6eh
    @MeMe-tp6eh 3 роки тому +5

    "Invest in gold it will blow up"...And this is the true side of it...

  • @viktorbobinski1309
    @viktorbobinski1309 7 років тому +4

    This is a REALLY good documentary. Stick with this type of videos Vice!

  • @yeisah7640
    @yeisah7640 8 років тому +25

    see.. it doesn't matter... should of just let the cocoa grow. atleast you wouldn't have the pollution

    • @jonesnj07
      @jonesnj07 8 років тому +9

      like at least the cocoa is still plants...

    • @JakAndDaxterWasAwesome
      @JakAndDaxterWasAwesome 8 років тому +8

      Cocoa has a lot of chemical waste too

    • @suthersmjj
      @suthersmjj 8 років тому +16

      I am pretty sure you mean coca. Cocoa (or cocao) is chocolate.

    • @jonesnj07
      @jonesnj07 8 років тому +3

      suthersmjj lol

    • @bluemountaindrivepae
      @bluemountaindrivepae 6 років тому

      Mat Hammond Kookoo for cocoa puffs.

  • @icy_bit7306
    @icy_bit7306 3 роки тому +4

    Everyone’s talking above the guy who said “it’s ok I drink milk”, but no one is gonna point out how she called gold a mineral..

    • @mnkkyluffy9830
      @mnkkyluffy9830 3 роки тому

      isnt gold a mineral?
      What is Gold? Native gold is an element and a mineral. It is highly prized by people because of its attractive color, its rarity, resistance to tarnish, and its many special properties - some of which are unique to gold. ... Therefore, most gold found in nature is in the form of the native metal.

  • @m.f8655
    @m.f8655 5 років тому +11

    I washed my hands after watching this video

  • @brandonirving5014
    @brandonirving5014 7 років тому +2

    9:18 lol that dog was chilling

  • @BanicaEater
    @BanicaEater 7 років тому +1

    Mercury isn't toxic to the touch unless you have a wound or a cut on your hand. Mercury vapor though can be quite dangerous.

  • @TheHuskyFamily
    @TheHuskyFamily 5 років тому +8

    "because we drink alot of milk" LOOOOOOOOOOOL

  • @MB-wr6ib
    @MB-wr6ib 8 років тому +146

    Vice should stick to doing things like this, and not their usual anti-white rubbish.

    • @OpenFOAMTutorials
      @OpenFOAMTutorials 8 років тому +22

      I find it strange that there are some white people who already feel victimized... 'Anti-white'? Really? Don't you think it is at least a little worse for actual minorities, who have faced real, documented, systemic unfair treatment? I think it is just a bit of over-sensitivity. Just because some random person is anti-white somewhere in the world, does not mean you have to feel victimized. Just ignore them. You can feel victimized when it has an real effect on your life (even then, why would you choose to feel victimized?).

    • @MB-wr6ib
      @MB-wr6ib 8 років тому +1

      Google Vice + White privilege to see the type of bs they usually spew.

    • @ChildrenofYHWH
      @ChildrenofYHWH 8 років тому +2

      Your absolutely correct. There's not system of government on the face of the earth that we can be more proud of than the American system of government who provided a means of minorities to improve their lives. No system on the face of the earth is like it.
      When you ask these anti-white arguments "What system is better than the american system of government?" They immediately point to Scandinavian-states. Which are 90% homogeneous WHITE populations.
      You stupid moronic liberal trendies are destroying the only form of government that has enabled a boiling pot of many different ethnicities.
      Your bs fad of blaming "white males" is over. Those days are OVER. The truth is getting out. Asians on average make wayyyy more than whites in the United States. So the great "white-male" conspiracy takes an interesting turn -- Apparently White males somehow want to elevate Asians over everyone! OMG!(!(!!@!@!!!111!

    • @ChildrenofYHWH
      @ChildrenofYHWH 8 років тому

      The fact is none of these liberal moron trendies ever stepped foot out of their house and had real experiences. They haven't learned anything from first hand experience. They learn it through a text-book.

    • @Paul_Ivanish
      @Paul_Ivanish 8 років тому

      +OpenFOAM Tutorials
      Whether or not other people and groups are or have been victimized in the past or now does not negate the fact that VICE is blatantly anti-white and pro-multiculturalism and pro-feminism these days.
      We're not having a contest to see which are the more oppressed people. This is ideological, and the idea is that white people CAN also be oppressed when they face a mediatic, sociocultural, and political depreciation and hostility campaign. *The idea that the solution to "brown-skin" discrimination is "light-skin" discrimination is more than a mere deal-breaker and an ideological cemetery: it's the path to race war and social unrest. There can be no dialogue within that atmosphere, so we need to have that dialogue now, while we still can.*
      And we need to do away with pawns and automatons such as yourself, who pretend to use cultural tolerance to deliver a message of censorship and no-criticism to media outlets such as this one.

  • @reinisaugustins8555
    @reinisaugustins8555 Рік тому +1

    I have seen a video which says that pure mercury is not so toxic, but its vapors and soluble/volatile salts are extremely toxic.

  • @bossman9548
    @bossman9548 6 років тому +1

    These guys got more mercury in them then Duracell batteries have

  • @shoegum7362
    @shoegum7362 6 років тому +7

    8:47 The stupidity is unreal.

  • @ZVUKOVABARIERA
    @ZVUKOVABARIERA 8 років тому +4

    PLEASE somebody tell me the song at the end of the video!

  • @yungpirate2936
    @yungpirate2936 7 років тому

    Damn that dog at 9:13 straight chillen lmao

  • @vladbcom
    @vladbcom 8 років тому

    9:12 Ha ha look at that pooch! At first I thought he was running but then I realized he was actually fast asleep... must be the happiest dog in the whole of the Universe lol

  • @Lu-dn4qz
    @Lu-dn4qz 7 років тому +87

    Dude just mine on minecraft

    • @ruthntema6093
      @ruthntema6093 5 років тому +2

      TheBossom this is not the place or topic for joking

    • @cooorsbanq4226
      @cooorsbanq4226 5 років тому +11

      @@ruthntema6093 yes it is

    • @brayan3288
      @brayan3288 5 років тому

      @@cooorsbanq4226 nah

    • @stantorren4400
      @stantorren4400 4 роки тому

      Brayan BUT THEY NEED MILK

    • @1david1r47
      @1david1r47 4 роки тому +2

      @Edgar Alvarez i think its called dark humor but ok

  • @exoticzey8062
    @exoticzey8062 4 роки тому +6

    These guys wouldn’t stand a chance in musical statues.

  • @clooboots9349
    @clooboots9349 6 років тому +2

    Back in the 90s my grandpa ran a mining operation in Venezuela

  • @wilasambolin
    @wilasambolin 7 років тому +1

    me quede con ganas de ver mas! BUEN REPOSTAJE VICE NEWS...AWESOME!!

  • @nopagonivergas1621
    @nopagonivergas1621 3 роки тому +4

    I love how everyone is riding a motorcycle 😍

  • @felixg4785
    @felixg4785 8 років тому +18

    You should talk about Canadian companies extracting gold in Colombia.

    • @HunterShows
      @HunterShows 8 років тому

      I thought they did that already...or did I hear about that somewhere else...

    • @madpup69
      @madpup69 8 років тому +4

      There are company, but very little actual mining going on. In any case, large scale mines don't use mercury

  • @yeah5874
    @yeah5874 6 років тому

    9:14 best part of the video the dog blissfully sleeping there lol

    • @jondoe406
      @jondoe406 5 років тому

      yeah ....dying from mercury poisoning

  • @KillerGaming-nh7ql
    @KillerGaming-nh7ql 3 роки тому +1

    Turns out I have mercury poisoning like that woman

  • @trytrustinmejc
    @trytrustinmejc 5 років тому +5

    Just inject powder gold into your blood system the mercury will collect with gold an leave your body😂

    • @otralexvlogs5196
      @otralexvlogs5196 4 роки тому +1

      You need to stay in school,
      Learn about the human body.
      * blood clots = death
      *kidney failure =death
      *kidney stones = surgery

    • @devin19222
      @devin19222 4 роки тому +1

      @@otralexvlogs5196 lol r/whoooosh

    • @pleasureduma9693
      @pleasureduma9693 4 роки тому

      Fucking reddit incel

  • @juanmiranda6994
    @juanmiranda6994 5 років тому +5

    $600 pesos por una caja de guantes, ¡huevo'n!

  • @giusepperesponte8077
    @giusepperesponte8077 3 роки тому +1

    People need to stop using “tonnes” when talking about stuff like this, it’s easy to forget 100 tonnes a year is 200,000 pounds, or 90,000 kilos

  • @anonimniprofil3816
    @anonimniprofil3816 6 років тому

    09:14 that dog is missing a sombrero.

  • @tunbadly
    @tunbadly 8 років тому +29

    This is the consequences when people think gold is more precious than human life

    • @alefer0130
      @alefer0130 8 років тому +33

      no, that's what happens when you touch mercury. Idiot.

    • @BlazeChronicGreen420
      @BlazeChronicGreen420 8 років тому +9

      +Alex Fernandez they are only touching mercury because they are trying to get gold for rich people in other countries. idiot.

    • @yathatschris2706
      @yathatschris2706 8 років тому +2

      +BlazeChronicGreen420
      There are safer jobs they could be doing instead... they choose not to because the workers are greedy in their own way (relative wealth to the society that they live in). Even if socialism were implemented in "rich people" countries it would be exactly the same because when humans see gold we automatically try to collect it in the fastest and most efficient way possible. It's been that way since antiquity.

    • @darksouls4046
      @darksouls4046 6 років тому +2

      It is.. Speically when they pick to do this... No one forces them.

    • @ThapeloMKT
      @ThapeloMKT 5 років тому +3

      Says the person who goes to bed with a full belly

  • @zuandoonwazire4156
    @zuandoonwazire4156 6 років тому +3

    One thing i lerned if i drink milk nothing happens to me

  • @jabarikush3047
    @jabarikush3047 3 роки тому +1

    9:12 my dude just chillin😎

  • @SFLucid
    @SFLucid 8 років тому

    9:13 That dog sleeps like mine, lol.

  • @diablo09090909
    @diablo09090909 7 років тому +17

    3:47... nice...

  • @AkeN996
    @AkeN996 8 років тому +4

    Now this is an interesting documentary, not that one with the confession of a Starbucks barista or whatever...

  • @nate4029
    @nate4029 3 роки тому +1

    Why don’t they just ingest bioavailable sulfur. They need to use proper equipment to remove the mercury from gold.

  • @dadsytsdfsgs
    @dadsytsdfsgs 3 роки тому

    1. mercury doesn't dissolve in water, and 2. it certainly doesn't float on it, it's very heavy. 3. It will most likely amalgamate with the materials on the river floor, while it is minimally somewhat harmful to individuals over long periods of time, it doesn't do all that much polluting, keep in mind mercury has been used in gold extraction in Europe for over 3000 years, and it isn't anywhere to be found. Riverbeds kind of act like catalytic converters.

  • @RichardsWorld
    @RichardsWorld 8 років тому +19

    I was wondering why so many Colombian women ask me for my leche. I might start charging them for the leche.

  • @swisslin
    @swisslin 8 років тому +3

    to those who think gloves will help you beeing protected from mercury you obivously have no idea about this element , once mercury is inside clothing, food in the air or on your skin you are exposed to all kinds of Toxicity. I am very uninformed about chemestry but even i have heard of that.

    • @Calyx
      @Calyx 8 років тому

      even simple rubber gloves will protect you and make direct contact possible. the only thing you need to do is always put the lid back on as soon as you're done because it will evaporate and breathing in those vapors is gonna destroy you

    • @William0424-t9x
      @William0424-t9x 8 років тому +3

      You just called out people about not being informed about mercury but you finished with "I am very uninformed about chemistry." Come on dumb ass.

  • @JacketCK
    @JacketCK 3 роки тому

    1:25 wait is that the guy that 😬 with the seal? I swear it is lol

  • @wisconsingoldrush8270
    @wisconsingoldrush8270 5 років тому +1

    Was the dog at 9:13 supposed to be an example of mercury poisoning?

  • @BillKinsman
    @BillKinsman 8 років тому +5

    They beat them down for cocaine, now they beat them down for mining gold.

    • @hoogstraten4271
      @hoogstraten4271 8 років тому +1

      Ya fuck the government they just any slavery like why fucking Blow up a machinery equipment...so fucked up. Fuck the government I hope the workers win.

    • @gforce3750
      @gforce3750 8 років тому +3

      soon it will be coffee

  • @EyzaBaby06
    @EyzaBaby06 5 років тому +11

    Health is very valuable more than anything. Even a mountain of golds can never replace your health when you're dying.

    • @kyrinky
      @kyrinky 5 років тому +6

      Yeah but they have milk, so it's all good.

    • @templarsnusnu1680
      @templarsnusnu1680 5 років тому

      They are selling their soul to provide their love ones with better life for them its worth the their life your health is nothing when you are starving if those poor people won't do this to earn money the life they have currently is worst than death you

  • @badhonebrahim7707
    @badhonebrahim7707 7 років тому +1

    13:48 dat music though.....
    solidos gold. :)

  • @abrahamhernandez8139
    @abrahamhernandez8139 8 років тому +2

    i love this reporter i cant even imagine how she felt at the cite

  • @jessemastenbroek7343
    @jessemastenbroek7343 8 років тому +4

    This is the better shit Vice.

  • @HobsonLawrence
    @HobsonLawrence 8 років тому +4

    lmfao at the government. obviously a show for the cameras. sad.

  • @claytonmccormick7506
    @claytonmccormick7506 5 років тому

    first using borax to extract the gold would get the 30 to 40% more gold second a retort used to recapture the mercury would both reduce the exposure and recover the mercury as a saleable asset and well designed retorts would reduce the gas cost used to separate the gold.

  • @ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge
    @ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge 5 років тому

    just plain madness and desperation :/ gr8 docu work!

  • @ibinyth5866
    @ibinyth5866 8 років тому +4

    Damn I like how the Colombian government does things... Find equipment blow it up and continue to find more equipment

  • @VasileIuga
    @VasileIuga 8 років тому +40

    Why they blow up such expensive machines?
    They have too much money in Colombia? They could use them to build roads, donate them to municipalities, or sell them.
    I tend to see why they have so many revolts there. If the state is too lazy to bring a platform, then we could imagine how would they deal with education, health etc.

    • @nada-fo7ho
      @nada-fo7ho 8 років тому +30

      I'm assuming, that by their method of transportation (helicopter) they're going to very rural or even sparse village/locations to hunt these down. If they were to transport it out they would have to drive these things untold miles, which they probably won't have the fuel to do, or defend it until a proper convoy arrives. Remember the miners, druglords, and locals don't like them doing this. If they hunker down the night, or drive this out, they might get ambushed or at the very least get potshots and other such guerilla tactics.
      Remember these heavy duty equipment are heavy, to transport them long distances you usually carry them on a flatbed.
      Tl;dr It's faster, safer, and more assured to just blow them on the sport and search for the next one. They are a quick raid team brought in by helicopters.

    • @VasileIuga
      @VasileIuga 8 років тому +3

      nada
      So, if the state is just on paper, cannot pull a machine down a road, while the locals and the local rulers can do that, what is this all about? State terrorism?
      They simply make it worse, those machine cost hours of labor in the mines. That would affect the lords or the poor workers?
      If you cannot beat them, join them. Talk to the lords and make it legal and safer, or take the whole army, police and do a proper job.

    • @nada-fo7ho
      @nada-fo7ho 8 років тому +8

      But how far is "down the road"? Colombia is a big place, and as stated before, heavy machinery is brought in by flatbeds. I would be willing to bet money that the next closest "safe" spot (probably a city or somewhere else the government has a stronghold) is a distance off. Otherwise they would use land based vehicle instead of helicopters.
      You saw those big potholes near the end of the clip, you're gonna need hundreds of people and alot of time to be able to make those without heavy machinery. It would be unfeasible for the poor workers to keep mining without the support of heavy machinery. They probably wouldn't be able to sustain themselves while digging the hole just to start mining.
      Regulation of precious metals and the laws surrounding it in Colombia isn't my expertise. While I wouldn't negotiate with lords (warlord/druglord), I'm sure there could be a compromise between the people and the government. That, however, is a whole different discussion.

    • @ripp846
      @ripp846 6 років тому

      Indeed. I don't see why the don't just seize the property and at least auction it off.

    • @panky417
      @panky417 3 роки тому +1

      @@nada-fo7ho the legal process of doing so is not easy and you could clearly see that they were in the middle of the jungle plus you are asking them to risk getting ambushed by a paramilitary extremist group to move to move some slow moving heavy machinery very little people want.

  • @markushamster5943
    @markushamster5943 8 років тому

    thx VN for all those great reports!

  • @bennyrobles9194
    @bennyrobles9194 11 місяців тому +1

    Same thing is happening in Surinam Guyana, not far from Columbia. Lots of jungle already gone, not talking about all the toxic materials they are using such as mercury, cynaide, etc.

  • @brisvegas859
    @brisvegas859 8 років тому +27

    have a nice cigarette too just to make sure you get some other heavy metals inside your body :)

    • @carolynmmitchell2240
      @carolynmmitchell2240 6 років тому

      Bris Vegas cigs dont give you heavy metal

    • @yahya2925
      @yahya2925 6 років тому +1

      They do. Aluminum.

    • @crabman1398
      @crabman1398 5 років тому +1

      @@yahya2925 wait,wait,wait.... since when is aluminum a *HEAVY* metal?

    • @MHZAWI3
      @MHZAWI3 4 роки тому

      @@yahya2925 aluminium heavy metal? Wtf?

  • @DubbedDemon
    @DubbedDemon 8 років тому +2

    just wear gloves

  • @ElMencho.
    @ElMencho. 3 роки тому +1

    13:49 lmao I can probably find more than that in my backyard 😂

  • @sussybakagaming2613
    @sussybakagaming2613 5 років тому +1

    Slowly yet surely becoming Buzzfeed

  • @waty0usay1
    @waty0usay1 8 років тому +3

    they blow up expensive equipment instead of selling them to somewhere else..

    • @biohazardlnfS
      @biohazardlnfS 8 років тому

      +Calyx desperate the pieces sell used parts

    • @Calyx
      @Calyx 8 років тому

      ***** you think the military is that desperate to cut up huge machinery and haul it out of the jungle?
      they were dropped from a helicopter in a dense part of the jungle, how the hell are u supposed to get all that stuff back?

    • @biohazardlnfS
      @biohazardlnfS 8 років тому +1

      Calyx It did not just walk on its own two legs after it was born and say I am going to live my life diging in the jungle. I already know their military could use the money even if it just to add a small amount. If they cant figure out that, then their military logistics is shit

    • @Calyx
      @Calyx 8 років тому +3

      ***** You don't really understand do you? Armed guerilla forces helped move those diggers there. Those guerilla forces are the king of the jungle there, there could be dozens, or even hundreds of armed insurgents in there.. having to drag diggers through miles and miles of dangerous jungle where you could easily get ambushed?
      Not worth the risk for the military.. just stick to your shitty cartoons, you clearly dont understand how things work in the real world.. the military isn't on a mission to earn money.. else they would be PMC or mercs..

    • @999across
      @999across 8 років тому

      Not only that it makes them a huge yellow target.

  • @WikiPeoples
    @WikiPeoples 8 років тому +8

    Don't drink columbian sourced coffee folks. Mercury in the water = mercury in your produce.

    • @corlfranco9371
      @corlfranco9371 7 років тому

      sherlock, mercury is in the tuna and such, rainwater is clear

    • @corlfranco9371
      @corlfranco9371 7 років тому +1

      at least WAS clear, now darpa sent us all the american tornados using aluminium oxide

    • @redred239
      @redred239 6 років тому

      Colombian****************

    • @ThePhantomSafetyPin
      @ThePhantomSafetyPin 5 років тому

      @@corlfranco9371 Good point, you shouldn't eat too much tuna either due to high mercury. Good thing here's a government agency directly intended to *measure* that, right?

    • @ThePhantomSafetyPin
      @ThePhantomSafetyPin 5 років тому

      @@corlfranco9371 Oh. So *that's* your "more informative source": Alex Jones. Pass.

  • @AdaEzeTvv
    @AdaEzeTvv 5 років тому +1

    Whats the name of the song at 13:50 minutes?

  • @moonsugar8938
    @moonsugar8938 5 років тому +1

    6:36 CAT IS SOOOO CUTE

  • @PikaPetey
    @PikaPetey 8 років тому +13

    rush over to my place baby

  • @joebauers8031
    @joebauers8031 8 років тому +12

    gold's baaad mmkay? you peasants shouldn't mess with it. it's poisonous mmkay? So why don't you just leave the gold for Vice's bosses mmkay?

  • @Soniti1324
    @Soniti1324 7 років тому +1

    All that work, all that mercury, all that suffering, sweat and toil, for specks of gold in a pan.
    I can't believe it's considered profitable to turn over ton upon ton of soil for specks of gold the size of a grain of salt.

  • @austinlouis9962
    @austinlouis9962 3 роки тому +1

    “We used to play with Mercury as kids. We didn’t know any better it was everywhere thermometers science kits⚗️and I’m fine lol” says my grandpa and dad.

  • @zdrux
    @zdrux 8 років тому +8

    Maybe if they stopped wasting their money on useless cops who go around destroying good working machinery, and instead put that money to supplying safety equipment to those who want to farm, it would help everybody. Not to mention grow the economy and provide more proper jobs.

    • @zdrux
      @zdrux 8 років тому +2

      ***** You sell it, you get money in exchange, you help improve the lives of those who dug it out of the ground enabling better lives over time. This improves the standard of living which increases the country's worth and thus further investment. This improves the country's economy. The more rich countries we have, the better off everyone in the world is.

    • @zdrux
      @zdrux 8 років тому

      ***** Sorry, no idea what you're talking about, must be in the wrong thread.

    • @RanchOwnzU
      @RanchOwnzU 8 років тому

      scientific alchemy does exist in this day and age... it's just not feasible. Through atom smashing and the rearranging of particles, other elements can indeed be turned into gold, but it costs an ass-load to make tiny amounts.
      so for right now, yes, gold can't be fabricated, but its price does fluctuate contrary to popular belief about it being such a stable currency

    • @FreeThinker-gm6dp
      @FreeThinker-gm6dp 8 років тому

      because they rather see their citizens starved and oppresed. these guys obviously don't want to work in this environment but there's little options in these countries with corrupt greedy politicians

    • @RanchOwnzU
      @RanchOwnzU 8 років тому

      ***** Fiberoptic wires, copper, and other conductive metals are becoming more common as Gold's functional value is slowly declining as technology advances.
      Gold's value has had a history of heavy fluctuation, so it's a 'safe' international currency, but anyone who wishes to invest in Gold must understand it's still slightly a gamble... not a bad decision per say, but they should watch where its path will lead.
      I know this is stated a lot, but we're in a complicated and special time of where technology increases at an (overused word) exponential rate.
      Carbon nano-tubes, wifi, wireless charging, and advances in medical precision technology could possibly devalue the gold beyond the expansion and discovery of other materials more suitable for jewelery.
      Here is a list of the top 6 things (according to the site) for which gold is used.
      If you're interested in investing in gold, it'd be wise to watch these fields and watch for fluctuation and to know if and when it's time to sell the gold.
      www.sbcgold.com/blog/top-6-common-uses-for-gold/

  • @TheNormanmurk
    @TheNormanmurk 5 років тому +3

    Here's an idea, instead of mining gold to sell for food just grow food and eliminate the gold bullshit. If everyone in the community chips in working, they could create a self-sustaining living situation for everyone.

    • @Orius25
      @Orius25 5 років тому

      They want money and power.

    • @skankhunt9078
      @skankhunt9078 3 роки тому

      Yeah also crops require effort

    • @TheNormanmurk
      @TheNormanmurk 3 роки тому

      @@skankhunt9078 I hear ya. Everyone wants that get rich quick scheme. Its working out great for the world isn't it

  • @qwertyui90qwertyui90
    @qwertyui90qwertyui90 3 роки тому

    Sad thing is that, at the end of the day, paper money can be tracked and lose it's value and be destroyed. a bank account can be erased and gold is forever...

  • @dagobertopena5518
    @dagobertopena5518 3 роки тому +1

    Señor give me a “Mero Macho “ porfavor 😂.

  • @evovolvo
    @evovolvo 8 років тому +6

    360p club.

  • @focus0000000
    @focus0000000 8 років тому +36

    Enjoy capitalism folks...

    • @GarrySkipPerkins
      @GarrySkipPerkins 8 років тому +16

      No capitalism there. They are still stuck on feudalism.

    • @unev
      @unev 8 років тому +1

      A common bazaar

    • @HunterShows
      @HunterShows 8 років тому

      Sounds catchy, but it has nothing to do with feudalism.

    • @RPG720
      @RPG720 8 років тому +4

      Globalism, not capitalism.

    • @tghhjjtojhffhjhfjh9040
      @tghhjjtojhffhjhfjh9040 6 років тому +2

      It's a communist country with feudalism running.

  • @iam5p33d3
    @iam5p33d3 5 років тому

    This documentary was absolutely marvelous

  • @TarmanTheChampion
    @TarmanTheChampion 5 років тому

    Is the dog @ 9:15 sleeping or dead?!

  • @najmgamer4172
    @najmgamer4172 8 років тому +3

    I see the 'religion of peace' back at it again.

    • @parkerflop
      @parkerflop 8 років тому +9

      ..........what on earth did this video have to do with religion........

    • @najmgamer4172
      @najmgamer4172 8 років тому +5

      +Mustafa M nothing at all I just like to make comments like this on vice videos to laugh because people actually like my comment even if it has nothing to do with Islam. I'm a Muslim btw

    • @parkerflop
      @parkerflop 8 років тому +2

      +Najm Gamer I almost sensed the sarcasm lol I was like what....well thanks for confirming.

    • @najmgamer4172
      @najmgamer4172 8 років тому +2

      Mustafa M xD

    • @RPG720
      @RPG720 8 років тому

      I didn't see any beheadings or acid being thrown on young schoolgirls in this video.

  • @TheR3negadeMaster
    @TheR3negadeMaster 7 років тому

    Was anyone else thinking *"DUDE JUST BUY A FUCKING RUBBER GLOVE"* LOL?

  • @jasonolinger7585
    @jasonolinger7585 5 років тому

    new study shows that excessive milk gets rid of mercury poisoning

  • @rightwit4902
    @rightwit4902 11 місяців тому

    “We drink lots of milk” 🤣