Health fears linger in a Brazilian neighborhood built over oil waste

Mongabay
Jul 21, 2026, 4:06 pm56 ptsTrending
SÃO SEBASTIÃO, Brazil — In front of the house where she has lived for decades, Cosma da Silva points to nearby homes in her Itatinga neighborhood and lists a string of cancer cases. “There’s a woman with cancer over there. Another one lives in that building. And yet another one there [points at the…

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