1995
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04905-3
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Methylmercury pollution in the Amazon, Brazil

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“…Also, the 3-to 4-cm hair samples analyzed would reflect the average mercury exposure during the past several months. Further, a biologic half-life of 6-8 weeks for methylmercury in the body (22) (3,23). Still, any changes since the pregnancies in the late 1980s may not have affected the four villages and individual residents similarly.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Also, the 3-to 4-cm hair samples analyzed would reflect the average mercury exposure during the past several months. Further, a biologic half-life of 6-8 weeks for methylmercury in the body (22) (3,23). Still, any changes since the pregnancies in the late 1980s may not have affected the four villages and individual residents similarly.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Reliable data on mercury consumption in the informal sector gold mining processes do not exist. However, from production statistics, the annual mercury losses in the Brazilian Amazon during recent years are thought to have exceeded 100 tons (1)(2)(3). Following methylation in the environment, methylmercury contaminates freshwater biota, and substantial mercury accumulation in piscivorous fish has been found downstream from gold-mining areas in the Amazon Basin, with concentrations often exceeding 0.5 pg/g (2,(4)(5)(6).…”
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“…e isentos em Hg, sob refluxo 15 , para se evitar perdas de elementos voláteis, como Zn e Hg. Pesou-se uma massa de 0,500 g de cada sedimento e adicionaram-se 4 mL de água régia, 1 mL de água e 1 mL de HCLO 4 , aquecendo-se por 30 min a 90 °C em chapa aquecedora, de acordo com uma modificação do procedimento de Akagi 17 . A solução resultante foi filtrada e transferida para balão volumétrico aferido de 25 mL.…”
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“…Total Hg in muscle tissue was found essentially in the form of organic mercury, as MeHg, in agreement with previously reported values for piscivorous and omnivorous fish of the Brazilian Amazon. 3,30,35 According to Watras et al, 36 methylmercury concentrations at higher trophic levels reflect an uptake from lower trophic levels; among others, involving such factors as diet and growth. Due to its lengthy persistence and high mobility in the aquatic ecosystem, methylmercury shows a high level of biomagnification in the upper levels of the food chain.…”
Section: Fish Muscle Samplesmentioning
confidence: 99%