Tag: Amazon River
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Amazon River Dolphins Threatened by Mercury Pollution
Sao Paulo, Oct 24 (AFP/APP): Amazon river dolphins are showing alarming levels of contamination mainly because of illegal panning for gold, conservationists say. Researchers measured contamination levels in 46 of these large freshwater creatures known for long, bottle-like snouts in major basins of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. All of them had some degree of…