A large majority of the 27,000 Yanomamis living on the reserve suffer from malnutrition, malaria and other diseases related to the toxic substances used by illegal wildcat miners, who have poisoned the rivers and decimated fishing activity.
At least 570 Yanomami children have died in recent years “from mercury poisoning, malnutrition and hunger,” according to the newly created Ministry of Indigenous Peoples.https://www.laprensalatina.com/heavy-metals-turn-river-in-brazil-indigenous-reserve-intense-yellow/
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