Community protected by law on coast of Southeast Brazil is threatened by litter tourists leave on beach (IMAGE)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Community protected by law on coast of Southeast Brazil is threatened by litter tourists leave on beach

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Ribeiro (with hat) and a volunteer collecting cigarette butts on Perequê Beach. Each cigarette butt contains thousands of toxic substances

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Italo Braga Castro

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