Research conducted on fish purchased in urban centers in the Amazon region indicated mercury contamination at levels above safe in all northern states.
The most significant results were observed in Roraima and Acre, which presented 40% and 35.9% of the fish with high concentrations of the toxic metal, widely used in mining activities in that area.
According to research conducted by Iepé (Indigenous Research and Training Institute), Fiocruz's National School of Public Health, Greenpeace, Socioambiental Institute, and WWF-Brazil, more than a fifth (21.3%) of the fish that are consumed by families in the Amazon region present . . .
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