Risk Exposure to Mercury (Hg): Factors Associated in Sentinel Animal Models Exposed to Small Scale Artisanal Mining Areas (ASM)
摘要
TheSentinel animal models exposed to small scale ASM (*) release of mercury (Hg) in small-scale artisanal mining areasMiningareas (ASM) continues to be the primary source of anthropogenic emission of that element globally (UNEP. (2019). UNEP UN Environment Global Mercury Assessment UN Environment Programme, Chemicals and Health Branch Geneva, Switzerland.). Hg has a series of physicochemical properties that allow it to go through various stages of speciation, both organic and inorganic (Selin, Annu Rev Environ Resour, 34:43–63, 2009), increasing or decreasing its toxicity on exposed organisms (Zillioux et al., 1993).