Hutukara Associação Yanomami
Fresh WaterMeasuring Mercury in Their Own Hair
Illegal gold miners use mercury to bind the gold, the rivers carry it into the fish, and the Yanomami eat the fish — so the association measured its own people's hair to prove it.
84percentHair samples above 2.0 µg/g of mercury
10.8percentSamples above the 6.0 µg/g level needing clinical attention