“We have suffered a lot from the invasion of gold miners since the 1970s and 1980s. The miners have killed us, including our children, as if we were animals. Our population has decreased by approximately 22 percent,” added Dario Yanomami.
Recent years have seen a resurgence of gold miners, resulting in further destruction of land as well as mercury contamination of the rivers and local animals. Numerous reports on Yanomami communities in the mining regions have highlighted shocking rates of mercury poisoning.
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