Their tests revealed “high levels of mercury in the dolphins”, Valderrama points out, which is a concern not only for the dolphins, but for the local communities that eat the same fish. However, the amazing resilience of the Amazon ecosystem gives Trujillo hope: “I am hopeful mercury could be cleaned out of the water in less than a decade and that we will have healthy fish populations.”
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