Fear of River Contamination by a Mining Company Returns to Haunt Indigenous People in Amazonas, Four Decades After First Accusations

Fear of river contamination by a mining company returns to haunt indigenous people in Amazonas, four decades after first accusations

Brazil’s Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office has reopened an investigation after tests found heavy metals in a stream feeding the river running through the Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Territory in the Amazon rainforest. The output of the country’s top refined tin producer—Mineração Taboca—reaches the supply chains of Toyota and Tesla.