Governments, international agencies, NGOs, and academics focus their projects' objectives
on monitoring mercury pollution in Artisanal Gold Mining (AGM). Rarely do these monitoring …

This article reviews the use of amalgamation in artisanal gold mining (AGM) and the barriers
to reducing mercury use and emissions from the sector. In 2012, AGM accounted for …

Presenting a multidisciplinary perspective in a concise format, Principles of Ecotoxicology,
Third Edition discusses the fundamental chemical and ecological nature of pollution …

Abstract The Santo Antônio and Jirau dams, under construction on the Madeira River, will
have significant impacts, including flooding in Bolivia due to the Jirau reservoir's backwater …

In order to evaluate the extent of environmental mercury pollution due to goldmining
activities in the Amazon, concentrations of total mercury and methylmercury were …

Alterations in the antioxidant cellular system have often been proposed as biomarkers of
pollutant-mediated toxicity. This study evaluated the effects of mercury on oxidative stress …

Due to its inherent characteristics, mercury contamination from gold mining is a major
environmental problem compared to past mercury contamination from industrial point …

Many studies have demonstrated mercury contamination in the Amazonian ecosystem,
particularly in fish, a dietary mainstay of populations in this region. The present study …

Methylmercury is a potent toxic present in Amazonian fish species due to gold mining
activities. In the present work, we investigated the morphological effects of methylmercury in …

The development of the patio amalgamation process into an industrial scale operation in
1554 stimulated the massive production of silver in the New World but left behind an …