Mercury Contamination: A Growing Threat to Riverine and Urban Communities in the Brazilian Amazon
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19052816
Abstract: In recent decades, widespread and uncontrolled use of mercury (Hg) in artisanal small-scale gold mining has released thousands of tons of mercury-contaminated waste in the Amazon biome, endangering the largest tropical rainforest worldwide. In this… read more here.
Keywords: contamination growing; growing threat; mercury; brazilian amazon ... See more keywords