This mercury then sinks into the river, contaminates the water and is consumed by the fish like the piraiba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum), the pescado dourado (Salminus spp.), and tucunaré (Cichla spp.). It works its way up the entire food chain and into the Indigenous communities that eat the fish and drink from and bathe in the river water.
read more... https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/indigenous-youths-lured-by-the-illegal-mines-destroying-their-amazon-homeland/
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