Organic Mercury Levels among the Yanomama of the Brazilian Amazon Basin

The Catrimani River basin in northern Brazil is the home of the Yanomama and has been the site of renegade gold mining since 1980. Gold-mining operations release inorganic mercury (Hg) into the environment where it is organified and biomagnified in aquatic ecosystems. Ingestion of mercury-contaminat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ambio. - Springer Science + Business Media. - 32(2003), 7, Seite 434-439
Weitere Verfasser:	Hryhorczuk, Daniel, Saffirio, Giovanni, Sinks, Thomas, Paschal, Daniel C., Sorensen, John, Chen, Edwin H.
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2003
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Ambio
Schlagworte:	Biological sciences Physical sciences Environmental studies Business Social sciences