Cláudia M. Vega

Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining

Jacqueline R. Gerson, Natalie Szponar, Angelica Almeyda Zambrano et al. · Nature Communications · 2022 · 159 citations · Full text

Mercury Contamination in Riverine Sediments and Fish Associated with Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Madre de Dios, Peru

Gerardo Martínez, Stephen A. McCord, Charles T. Driscoll et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2018 · 104 citations · Full text

Human Mercury Exposure in Yanomami Indigenous Villages from the Brazilian Amazon

Cláudia M. Vega, Jesem Douglas Yamall Orellana, Marcos Wesley Oliveira et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2018 · 95 citations · Full text

Neuropsychological Effects of Mercury Exposure in Children and Adolescents of the Amazon Region, Brazil

Cassio Santos‐Lima, Dennys de Souza Mourão, Chrissie Ferreira de Carvalho et al. · NeuroToxicology · 2020 · 74 citations

Artificial lake expansion amplifies mercury pollution from gold mining

Jacqueline R. Gerson, Simon Topp, Cláudia M. Vega et al. · Science Advances · 2020 · 63 citations · Full text