Amazon Natives In Peru Far More Susceptible To Mercury From Gold Mines, Study Finds

A study of mercury contamination from rampant informal gold mining in Peru's Amazon says indigenous people who get their protein mostly from fish are the most affected, particularly their children.
The new research detailed Monday by the Carnegie Institution for Science found mercury levels above acceptable limits in 76.5 percent of the people living in the Madre de Dios region, both rural and urban populations.
"Most of the communities that had the highest concentrations of mercury were native communities," said Luis E. Fernandez, the project director.
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