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between 89 and 96% of hair samples from residents of
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Christmas is an important holiday in this community, bringing together all the
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Gold mining in Guyana is mainly done by dredging the banks of its waterways, and rising sediments impact the biodiversity and thus the food supply of these rivers to the village. Mercury levels are also high due to gold mining. A 2001 Institute of
Applied Science and Technology study found that
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Known as ‘Issululu’ in
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are major agricultural products of the area. Casar, also known as
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