The rising value of gold worldwide has amplified illegal mining in the Amazon, where liquid mercury is being dumped in the Amazon River and causing scientists to warn that Indigenous communities and the environment could pay a far greater price.
The House of Commons is close to adopting Canada's first-ever legislation on environmental racism environmental hazards that disproportionately affect Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities.
A recent study has been released and the findings from the report show evidence that the community’s exposure to mercury shows links between long term and past mercury exposure and current symptoms.