A new study published in January 2024 revealed patterns of heavy metal accumulation in fish from the Napo and Pastaza river basins in Ecuador, including the #Aguarico, #Cuyabeno and #Bobonaza rivers, home to hundreds of Indigenous communities.

A recent review of exposure to mercury covering the entire Latin American region identified the Amazon as unquestionably the area with the highest vulnerability based on the presence of small-scale gold-mining

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