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Jakaira, a man in his 40s who has lived in his community in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul for 10 years, suffered acute poisoning around October 2017. He told Human Rights Watch: “You feel bitterness in the throat. You don’t want to breathe poison anymor — Jakaira, a man in his 40s who has lived in his community in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul for 10 years, suffered acute poisoning around October 2017. He told Human Rights Watch: “You feel bitterness in the throat. You don’t want to breathe poison anymore—you want to breathe another type of air—but there isn’t any.”

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