K Drace, AM Kiefer, MM Veiga - Current environmental health reports, 2016 - Springer
There is a variety of health and environmental issues associated with artisanal and small- scale gold mining (ASGM), which includes concerns regarding mercury pollution. In many …
Objectives Gold miners use mercury to extract gold from ore adding liquid mercury to the milled gold-containing ore. This results in a mercury-gold compound, called amalgam …
ALV Milioni, BV Nagy, ALA Moura, EC Zachi… - Neurotoxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
Mercury vapor is highly toxic to the human body. The present study aimed to investigate the occurrence of neuropsychological dysfunction in former workers of fluorescent lamps …
Background The continuous exposure to inorganic mercury vapour in artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) areas leads to chronic health problems. It is therefore essential to have …
J Ohlander, SM Huber, M Schomaker, C Heumann… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objective Traditional gold mining is associated with mercury exposure. Especially vulnerable to its neurotoxic effects is the developing nervous system of a child. We aimed to …
E Vergara, F Pancetti, L Zúñiga, K Fabres… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Mercury (Hg) is a persistent pollutant highly bioaccumulated in the aquatic environment through the food chain reaching high concentration levels in the tissues of predator fishes …
P Cordy, M Veiga, L Bernaudat, O Garcia - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015 - Elsevier
Mercury emissions from artisanal mining present a significant development and environmental challenge globally. The Colombia Mercury Project (CMP), a joint initiative of …
BACKGROUND: Mercury is one of the most well-known toxic metals for humans. Chloralkali workers are exposed to mercury vapours extensively, which may be associated with …
J Ohlander, SM Huber, M Schomaker… - … of occupational and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Mercury (Hg) exposure from artisanal gold mining has adverse effects on the neuromotor function in adults. However, few studies have examined this relationship in …