Mercury in the Tapajós River basin, Brazilian Amazon: a review.
This paper presents a review about mercury contamination and human exposure in the Tapajós River basin (Brazil), one of the major tributaries of the Amazon impacted by traditional gold mining from the mid 1980s. The most recent review in this region was published more than ten years ago and since then many articles about environment and especially human populations have revealed new aspects of mercury toxicology. Additionally, new biomarkers of mercury exposure and toxicity have been studied in these populations. However, there are still many open, about both mercury's biogeochemical cycle and mercury health risks. Further environmental and human risk research directions are proposed.
Berzas Nevado
J J
JJ
Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain.
Rodríguez Martín-Doimeadios
R C
RC
Guzmán Bernardo
F J
FJ
Jiménez Moreno
M
M
Herculano
A M
AM
do Nascimento
J L M
JL
Crespo-López
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ME
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism
D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D008628:Mercury