Four regions in Peru exposed to mercury contamination

According to another report, this time from the Ministry of Environment in January 2017, “it is estimated that in the last 20 years, more than 3,000 tons of mercury have been tossed into Amazonian rivers, contaminating the water, the aquatic organisms, and the human populations who consume the water and fish.” The report is entitled “Conservation and sustainable use of ecosystems for the provision of ecosystemic services.”
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