Mercury Levels in Muscle of Six Species of Turtles Eaten by People Along the Rio Negro of the Amazon Basin

The geochemistry of mercury in central Amazonian soils developed on the Alter-do-Chão formation of the lower Tapajós River Valley, Pará state, Brazil1The present investigation is part of an ongoing study, the CARUSO project (IDRC-UFPa-UQAM), initiated to determine the sources, fate, and health effects of MeHg in the Lower Tapajós area.1

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Effects of Recent Human Colonization on the Presence of Mercury in Amazonian Ecosystems

M. Roulet, Marc Lucotte, N. Farella et al. · Water Air & Soil Pollution · 1999 · 235 citations

Natural Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Sciences +14

Is the Negro River Basin (Amazon) impacted by naturally occurring mercury?

Pedro S. Fadini, Wilson F. Jardim · The Science of The Total Environment · 2001 · 200 citations

Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Toxicology +12

Mining with communities

Marcello M. Veiga, Malcolm J. Scoble, Mary Louise McAllister · Natural Resources Forum · 2001 · 180 citations

Engineering, Community Development Planning, Sustainability Management +13

Mercury Biomagnification in a Tropical Black Water, Rio Negro, Brazil

A. C. Barbosa, Jurandir Rodrigues de Souza, J. G. D�rea et al. · Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology · 2003 · 148 citations

Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Toxicology +16