The most severe situation occurred in Indigenous territories, particularly among the Yanomami, whose heartbreaking images of sick children shocked the world. Humanitarian tragedies also affect other communities, such as the Kayapós and the Mundurukus in Pará state, where contamination from the mercury used by miners has dire consequences for Indigenous health.
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