Tackling pollution: Scientists try to prove link between Amazon gold mining and disabilities in babies - Sight Magazine RICARDO BRITO, MANUELA ANDREONI and ADRIANO MACHADO report on new research to examine the impacts of mercury contamination...

Tackling pollution: Scientists try to prove link between Amazon gold mining and disabilities in babies. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Amazon #illegalgoldmining #Indigenouschildren #Munduruku #Brazil #SaiCinza #mercury #mercurycontamination #Fiocruz

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#Chile: On 5 Sept, the OHCHR with Sweden will host a consultation on #Mining & #MercuryContamination in Latin America. Small-scale gold mining is the world’s largest emitter of #mercury, contaminating lands and harming human #health. Read more here: docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/51/35