Illegal gold mining causes surges in malaria in the Amazon, and the association is far worse than we suspected
By Daniela de Angeli Dutra, Lecturer in Zoology, Bangor University
Riley Casagrande, Science Communicator, Stanford University
An increase of just 0.03% in illegal gold mining is associated with a 20 to 46% increase in the local incidence of malaria in Yanomami lands in the Brazilian Amazon.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026