Junior Hekurari Yanomami cited heavy metal contamination stemming from illegal gold extraction in Brazil’s largest indigenous territory. Researchers are studying how to best serve the communities.
The government’s goal is to slash losses to 25% by 2034. The biggest rates are in the North (51%) and the Northeast (46%). In the Southeast, wastage sits at 38%.
Health Minister Queiroga said the main goal is to offer indigenous people access to quality water and control diseases that cause diarrhea, especially among children.
Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Communication Marcos Pontes will receive proposals on water desalination submitted by researchers and technology providers until February 18.
Taking Brazil’s sanitation coverage to a hundred percent would lead to the sparing of some $373 million in health care to treat diseases stemming from the lack of sewage collection and quality water supplies.
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