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How Illicit Mining in the Brazilian Amazon Fueled a Surge in Malaria (opens in new tab)

A decade ago, a rush of illicit gold mining brought hunger and disease to the Yanomami people of the Brazilian Amazon. A new investigation into the humanitarian crisis finds that, where mining took hold, cases of malaria roughly tripled among the Yanomami.Read more on E360 →

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