'Women are afraid to get pregnant': Fighting mercury poisoning from illegal gold mining in Brazil

 "We have robust evidence that mercury emissions to the environment comes from illegal gold mining activity," says Prof Arrifano in her university lab, where she analyses hair and blood samples.

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