A study by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation found that 94% of people in 9 indigenous Yanomami riverside communities in Brazil had high levels of mercury contamination due to illegal gold mining. The Yanomami Indigenous group, living in a region with extensive illegal gold mining, showed widespread mercury contamination.
Many Yanomami, the Amazon’s largest Indigenous tribe in relative isolation, have been contaminated with #mercury coming from widespread illegal gold mining. https://t.co/fhNV5JdO9n
Many Yanomami, the Amazon's largest Indigenous tribe in relative isolation, have been contaminated with mercury coming from widespread illegal gold mining, according to a report released on Thursday by Brazil's top public health institute. https://t.co/bAIeI1FQak
Many Yanomami, the Amazon’s largest Indigenous tribe in relative isolation, have been contaminated with mercury coming from widespread illegal gold mining, according to a report by Brazil’s top public health institute. https://t.co/6ivNEou6Op
“Whilst Rio Tinto extracts large profits from its mining operations in Madagascar, our clients’ case is that they and other local families are being forced to consume water which is contaminated with harmful heavy metals,” said @LeighDay_Law’s Paul Dowling.…
Researchers in the Brazilian Amazon found that samples taken from members of the Yanomami Indigenous group—who live in a region awash in illegal gold mining—all showed mercury contamination. https://t.co/9SHSmX6prE
A new study by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, a federal Brazilian biological research institute, found that 94% of people in 9 indigenous Yanomami riverside communities had high levels of mercury contamination. Mercury is widely used in wildcat mining, being discarded in rivers. https://t.co/G0dyPlaSB8
Em 9 comunidades Yanomami, 94% dos indígenas têm alto nível de contaminação por mercúrio, que é usado em garimpos ilegais https://t.co/ZxZnG5FrLJ