Children and adults across Loreto’s four main river basins – the Pastaza, Marañón, Tigre and Corrientes – were found to have levels of toxic heavy metals, such as mercury and lead, way above safe norms, according to blood and urine tests carried out by Peru’s health ministry in 2016.
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