Heavy metals partitioning in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon; larvicidal potential of a new essential oil against Aedes aegypti; and the socioeconomic impact of tourism due to wild dolphins provisioning

Kellner, Alexander W. A.

doi:10.1590/0001-37652013854

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“…More generally, the contribution of tourism to heavy metal pollution, and the importance of the latter for key tourism resources (beach sand, water, etc.) have become important research topics [31][32][33][34][35]. Unfortunately, the relevant information is scattered over hundreds of publications (often based on case studies), and it still lacks systematization.…”

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Cadmium Pollution in the Tourism Environment: A Literature Review

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Cadmium is a highly-toxic metal, and, its environmental occurrence and human exposure consequently deserve close attention. The insight into the relationships between cadmium and tourism relations has deepened during the past three decades and the research into this relationship is reviewed. For this purpose, 83 relevant publications (mainly articles in international journals) were analyzed. It was found that investigation of Cd in the tourism environment took place in all continents (except Antarctica) and has intensified since the mid-2000s; Chinese researchers are the most active contributors. The Cd occurrence in air, living organisms, sediments, soil, suspended particular matter, water, and of the human environment has been studied. It has become clear that tourism contributes to Cd pollution (particularly, by hotel wastewater and increased traffic), and, vice versa, Cd pollution of beaches, coastal waters, food, urban parks, etc. creates risks for tourists and increases human exposure to this toxic metal. Both mechanisms have received equal attention. Examples concern many places worldwide, with the Mediterranean and Central and Eastern Europe as apparently critical regions. Our significantly incomplete knowledge of the relationships between cadmium and tourism must be ascribed to the common oversimplification of these relationships and to the scarcity or even absence of information supplied by the most important tourist destinations. The present review demonstrates that more studies of heavy metals and, particularly, Cd in the tourism environment are needed.

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