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To Go Back the Origins to Combat Mercury Poisoning

Script and investigation:
Johanna Osorio
Illustrations
Walther Sorg

In 2010, Fundación La Salle confirmed that the waters of the Caura River were poisoned with mercury and, ergo, so were the fish. Measurements taken of Yekuana women showed that members of the ethnic group had mercury in their blood. So, they decided to turn to their ancestral wisdom to find a solution.