Sadly, just last year, illegal mining activities destroyed an area that’s equivalent to 500 football fields on the Yanomami land said the ISA, and given the events that are taking place, even more land with be destroyed in this year as well. In addition, the garimpeiros have managed to pollute the river waters with mercury, which is a metal they use to separate the gold from the mud. And worse, the miners are also known to have brought drugs, alcohol, and in recent months, Covid-19 infections into the indigenous communities.
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