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Carlos MANDUJANO

Poisoned By Arsenic, And With No Way Out, Peruvians Live In Fear

Sayuri Moreno, 37, and her daughter Valeria pose for a picture at their home in Huarmey (Credit: AFP)

Sayuri Moreno found out while pregnant that her body was contaminated with arsenic, but could not afford doctors' advice to avoid breastfeeding and leave her home in a mining area in northern Peru.

The 37-year-old is one of 120 residents of the Huarmey slums in the Ancash department who were found to have high levels of arsenic in their blood when 140 people were tested last year, according to the Ministry of Health.

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