Mercury as a Global Pollutant: Human Health Issues

Fourth International Conference, August 4-8 1996,Hamburg, Germany
<em>Nachdrucked from WATER, AIR, & SOIL POLLUTION, 97:1-2</em> 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7923-4679-1
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PART 1 FISH CONSUMPTION AND METHYLMERCURY EXPOSURE IN THE AMAZON A. C. BARBOSA, A. M. GARCIA, J. R. DESOUZAI Mercurycontamination inhairofriverine 1-8 populations of Apiacas Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon E. D. BIDONE, Z. C. CASTILHOS, T. J. S. SANTOS, T. M. C. SOUZA and L. D. LACERDA I Fish contamination and human exposure to mercury in Tartarugalzinho River, Amapa State, Northern Amazon, Brazil. A screening approach 9-15 H. A. KEHRIG, O. MALM and H. AKAGI I Methylmercury in hair samples from different riverine groups, Amazon, Brazil 17-29 J. LEBEL, M. ROULET, D. MERGLER, M. LUCOTTE and F. LARRIBE I Fish diet and 31-44 mercury exposure in a riparian Amazonian population O. MALM., J. R. D. GUIMARAES, M. B. CASTRO, W. R. BASTOS, J. P. VIANA, F. J. P. BRANCHES, E. G. SILVEIRA and W. C. PFEIFFER I Follow-up of mercury levels in fish, human hairand urine in the Madeira and Tapaj6s basins, Amazon, Brazil 45-51 PART 2 CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND LONG TERM EXPOSURE G. J. MYERS, P. W. DAVIDSON, C. COX, C. F. SHAMLAYE, O. CHOISY, E. CERNICHIARI, A. CHOI, J. SLOANE-REEVES, C. AXTELL, P. GAO and T. W. CLARKSON I The Seychelles child development study: Results and new directions through twenty-nine months 53-61 B. WHEATLEY, S. PARADIS, M. LASSONDE, M. -F. GIGUERE and S.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wyzga, Ron

Wheatley, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Umweltmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin, Tropenmedizin, Sportmedizin Arbeitsmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Umweltmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin, Tropenmedizin, Sportmedizin Umweltmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Fish Consumption and Methylmercury Exposure in The Amazon.- Mercury contamination in hair of riverine populations of Apiacás Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon.- Fish contamination and human exposure to mercury in Tartarugalzinho River, Amapa State, Northern Amazon, Brazil. A screening approach.- Methylmercury in hair samples from different riverine groups, Amazon, Brazil.- Fish diet and mercury exposure in a riparian Amazonian population.- Follow-up of mercury levels in fish, human hair and urine in the Madeira and Tapajós basins, Amazon, Brazil.- 2 Child Development and Long Term Exposure.- The Seychelles child development study: Results and new directions through twenty-nine months.- Exposure patterns and long term sequelae on adults and children in two Canadian indigenous communities exposed to methylmercury.- 3 Policy and Program Considerations.- Mercury in northern Québec: Role of the Mercury Agreement and status of research and monitoring.- Social and cultural impacts of mercury pollution on aboriginal peoples in Canada.- 4 Modelling, Risk Assessment and Exposure Estimates.- Risk assessment of mercury in Atta Floresta, Amazon basin — Brazil.- Estimating risks from exposure to methylmercury: Application to first nations people in Canada.- Estimating exposure to methylmercury: Effects of uncertainties.- Mercury contamination through fish consumption: A model for predicting and preventing hazardous behaviour on a community level.- Probabilistic assessment of regional mercury exposure.- 5 Occupational Exposure.- The health safety programme for workers exposed to elemental mercury at the mercury mine in Idrija.- Exposure to metallic mercury in workers in a tropical chloralkali plant evaluated through urine analysis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Mercury values in urinefrom inhabitants of St. Petersburg.