Mercury (Hg) is a chemical of health concern worldwide that is now being acted upon
through the Minamata Convention. Operationalizing the Convention and tracking its …

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 …

Mercury (Hg) is known as one of the major contaminants in the Amazon. The Tapajós River
basin, in the Brazilian Amazon, has diverse anthropogenic activities which increase Hg …

Artisanal gold (Au) mining is the activity with the highest consumption of mercury (Hg) and
the main source of environmental contamination by this element, which is a recurring …

Recent studies demonstrate a short 3–6-month atmospheric lifetime for mercury (Hg). This
implies Hg emissions are predominantly deposited within the same hemisphere in which …

Lake Victoria, East Africa, has been the site of many recent studies measuring mercury (Hg)
concentrations in water, fish, sediment, soil, and humans. Most of these studies were …

In order to investigate the major sources and cycling of mercury in the Negro River Basin
(Amazon), total metal measurements were carried out in soils, in river and lake waters, in the …

Mercury contamination associated with small-scale gold mining and processing represents
a major environmental and human health concern in Eastern and Southern Africa …

This paper examines issues of human mercury (Hg) exposure and adverse health effects
throughout the Amazon region. An extensive review was conducted using bibliographic …

This work presents quality control results on the mercury concentrations in different
environmental (river sediments, forest soils, river suspended matter and fish) and human …