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High levels of mercury, cadmium & arsenic were found in the urine samples of people living river basins of Corrientes, Pastaza, Tigre & Maranon

LIMA, Peru (AP) — An Indigenous leader in Peru's Amazon region said Friday that his community had released 98 riverboat passengers — 23 of them foreign tourists — who had been detained overnight as a protest to demand government attention to complaints of oil pollution.

An Indigenous group in Peru released all detained tourists on a boat on Sunday. The group of roughly 70 tourists was detained by protesting...

An Indigenous leader in Peru's Amazon region said Friday that his community had released 98 riverboat passengers — 23 of them foreign tourists — who had been detained overnight as a protest to demand government attention to complaints of oil pollution.

Dozens of boat passengers were detained overnight by Amazon residents as a protest to demand government attention to complaints of oil pollution.

Tourists on Peru riverboat freed after pollution protest | 2022-11-05 08:52:54

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Members of the Cuninico community blocked passage of a tourist boat to draw government attention to a toxic oil spill.

An Indigenous leader in Peru’s Amazon region says that his community is holding 23 foreigners and 75 Peruvians who had been passengers on a riverboat to demand government attention to complaints of oil pollution

Twenty-three foreigners and 75 Peruvians are being held in Peru’s Amazon region to protest oil pollution.