Amazon fish contaminated with toxic metals threaten riverine communities' health

PHYSorg
Mar 5, 2026, 6:20 pm258 pts
For riverside communities along the Amazon, fish is not a menu choice—it is a lifeline. Millions of people in the Brazilian Amazon depend on fish as their primary source of protein, consuming it daily in quantities far above the national average. When we began fieldwork across five municipalities in western…

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