It takes 20 tons of earth to make one gold ring.
In a handful of soil there are more than 50 billion life forms.
There are 5,000 handfuls of soil in one ton.
100,000 in 20 ton.
5,000,000,000,000,000 life forms poisoned by mercury and cyanide to make one gold ring.
80% of gold is for vanity.
10% is for speculation
10% for industry.
Gold mining is environmentally devastating