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Vast majority of certain Amazon communities suffer from mercury poisoning
March 30, 2016
The indigenous communities living in the northern Brazilian and southern Venezuelan parts of the Amazon are suffering from mercury poisoning.
According to a study, almost all of the water and food sources in the specific part of the Amazon is contaminated with mercury. The researchers took hair samples from the indigenous people living in the region and found out that over ninety percent of the people living in the 19 Yanomami and Yekuana communities there, are suffering from mercury poisoning.
The main reason behind the mercury poisoning is the numerous illegal mining activities taking place in the Amazon. The study suggests that the mercury comes from illegal gold mines operating in the region, which pollute rivers during the gold extraction process. However, the diet of the people living in the Amazon relies on the rivers as they drink river water and mainly feed with river fishes.
(https://neurope.eu. Adaptado.)
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