Gold mining is the largest source of mercury (Hg) pollution worldwide. The discharge of mercury in the environment bears direct human health risks and is likely to increase cascading effects throughout local food chains. In the Peruvian Amazon the mining process consists of slashing and burning trees, followed by extraction of gold-bearing sediment, amalgamation with Hg and gold recovery, leading each year to the degradation of 6,000-10,000 ha and the release of 180 metric tons of Hg per year to the enviroment. The purpose of this study was to determine soil Hg levels in soils of abandoned alluvial gold mine spoils and undisturbed forest in the Madre de Dios region, the epicenter of alluvial gold mining in Peru. We selected gold mine spoils...
Artículo de publicación ISIIt is well-known that small-scale artisanal mining is a source of mercury...
International audienceMercury (Hg) speciation was compared in French Guiana pristine soils and in Hg...
Mercury (Hg) speciation was compared in French Guiana pristine soils and in Hg-contaminated soils im...
Gold mining by artisinal (small-medium scale) miners causes an immense amount of damage to the envir...
Mercury (Hg) poses a public health burden in the Amazon and worldwide. Although usually attributed t...
International audienceAlthough the use of mercury (Hg) for gold mining has been officially banned in...
© 2019 American Chemical Society. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a significant cont...
A large amount of Hg is used for gold extraction through the amalgamation process in the Apolobamba ...
International audienceIn 2006 the use of mercury (Hg) was banned for gold mining in French Guiana. H...
International audienceIn 2006 the use of mercury (Hg) was banned for gold mining in French Guiana. H...
Artisanal gold mining is the main economic activity in the Yani district, Northern Bolivia. In this ...
High Hg levels found in the Brazilian Amazon environ- ment have been attributed mainly to gold minin...
Although the use of mercury (Hg) for gold mining has been officially banned in French Guiana since 2...
Artisanal gold mining is the main economic activity in the Yani district, Northern Bolivia. In this ...
Artisanal gold mining is the main economic activity in the Yani district, Northern Bolivia. In this ...
Artículo de publicación ISIIt is well-known that small-scale artisanal mining is a source of mercury...
International audienceMercury (Hg) speciation was compared in French Guiana pristine soils and in Hg...
Mercury (Hg) speciation was compared in French Guiana pristine soils and in Hg-contaminated soils im...
Gold mining by artisinal (small-medium scale) miners causes an immense amount of damage to the envir...
Mercury (Hg) poses a public health burden in the Amazon and worldwide. Although usually attributed t...
International audienceAlthough the use of mercury (Hg) for gold mining has been officially banned in...
© 2019 American Chemical Society. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a significant cont...
A large amount of Hg is used for gold extraction through the amalgamation process in the Apolobamba ...
International audienceIn 2006 the use of mercury (Hg) was banned for gold mining in French Guiana. H...
International audienceIn 2006 the use of mercury (Hg) was banned for gold mining in French Guiana. H...
Artisanal gold mining is the main economic activity in the Yani district, Northern Bolivia. In this ...
High Hg levels found in the Brazilian Amazon environ- ment have been attributed mainly to gold minin...
Although the use of mercury (Hg) for gold mining has been officially banned in French Guiana since 2...
Artisanal gold mining is the main economic activity in the Yani district, Northern Bolivia. In this ...
Artisanal gold mining is the main economic activity in the Yani district, Northern Bolivia. In this ...
Artículo de publicación ISIIt is well-known that small-scale artisanal mining is a source of mercury...
International audienceMercury (Hg) speciation was compared in French Guiana pristine soils and in Hg...
Mercury (Hg) speciation was compared in French Guiana pristine soils and in Hg-contaminated soils im...