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Hydropower in the Amazon: Few subjects arouse such passions and intrigues

Ciência Hoje
8 October 2013 at 14:47 (Updated on 14 September 2020 at 11:38)

Hydroelectric projects leverage environmental contamination by methylmercury, the most toxic form of the chemical element.

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