Metals known to have harmful health effects found in indigenous exposed to oil spills

(Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)) People from two indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon who live close to the country's longest oil pipeline have mercury, cadmium and lead in their bodies at concentrations that could be harmful to their health.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 9, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news