Mercury distribution in different environmental matrices in aquatic systems of abandoned gold mines, Western Colombia: Focus on human health

Total mercury (THg), methylmercury (MeHg) in water, sediments, macrophytes, fish and human health risks were analyzed and assessed from abandoned gold mining ponds (AGMPs)/ mining areas in Western Colombia to know its present environmental condition. Concentrations of THg in water (avg. 13.0 ± 13.73...

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2021

Institución:

Universidad de Medellín

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Repositorio UDEM

Idioma:

eng

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oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/5896

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http://hdl.handle.net/11407/5896

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Abandoned gold mining
Colombia
Human health risk
Mercury
Water-sediment-fish matrices
Abandoned mines
Antennas
Bioaccumulation
Biochemistry
Economic geology
Environmental Protection Agency
Fish
Gold mines
Health
Health risks
Lakes
Mercury mines
Risk assessment
Abandoned gold mining
Chemical species
Environmental conditions
Environmental matrixes
Human health risks
Mercury distribution
Potential threats
Sediment samples
Mercury compounds
Ctenolucius
Eleocharis elegans
Geophagus
Hoplias malabaricus
Pisces
Sternopygus

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