The analysis found toxic levels of lead, arsenic, cyanide and mercury, among other chemicals and heavy metals, in the water. In an interview for Periodistas Sin Cadenas, Sonina Gonzaga Vallejo, a civil engineer and researcher of Hydrology and Water Resources Management at the Private Technical University of Loja, Ecuador says that the contamination levels in the Puyango-Tumbes river contribute to the development of various diseases like acute diarrhoea, anaemia and various forms of cancer
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