Mercury is among the ten most dangerous chemicals for public health, and is a priority
concern for the 128 signatory countries of the Minamata Convention. Mercury emissions to …

The Amazonian indigenous peoples depend on natural resources to live, but human
activities' growing impacts threaten their health and livelihoods. Our objectives were to …

Despite a global phase out of some point sources, mercury (Hg) remains elevated in aquatic
food webs, posing health risks for fish-eating consumers. Many tropical regions have fast …

The present study evaluated As, Hg, Pb and Cd burdens in both ecologically and
commercially important 314 marine fishes belonging to 47 species sampled along the …

The aim of this study was to assess the health risk attributable to the consumption of mercury-
contaminated fish for the urban and non-urban populations living in the Roraima state …

Fish constitutes the main protein source for the Amazonian population. However, the impact
of different anthropogenic activities on trace element and metal accumulation in fish and …

The advent of Multicollector ICP-MS inaugurated the analysis of new metal isotope systems,
the so-called “non-traditional” isotopes. They are now available tools to study geochemical …

Brazilian soils can have high concentrations of toxic elements, mainly mercury (Hg) and
arsenic (As), metals also associated with anthropogenic activities (eg intensive agriculture …

Atmospheric and room temperature plasma (ARTP) is a rapid method for strain to obtain
desirable mutants. In this study, Saccharomyces boulardii was used for mutagenesis …

Amazonian aquatic environments are seriously impacted by dam-building and deforestation,
among other threats. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine water quality in the …