Amazon Population at Risk from Forest Fire Pollution

ENN
Jul 10, 2019, 9:11 am126 pts
Populations living around Amazon areas where forests are cleared with fires to grow crops in soils fertilised by the ashes might have an increased risk of DNA damage, mutation and cancer because of the air pollution.

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