Impactos ambientais e efeitos à saúde humana, causados pela contaminação de mercúrio na Região Amazônica: uma revisão sistemática
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2023-12-14Autor
http://lattes.cnpq.br/9991148437920945
GUIMARÃES, Hendely Gabrielle Santana
MOTA, Silvana Garcia
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Mercury is considered one of the most toxic metals hazardous to the environment and
human health due to its high toxicity and its mobility in different ecosystems. From this,
the research proposes to identify through a systematic review of the literature the main
problems caused by the dumping of mercury, emphasizing the health of the Amazon
population, and the damage caused to the environment and animals. The objective of
the study is to present a systematic review of the literature on diseases and
environmental impacts caused by mercury. The research consists of a systematic
review of the literature on the subject. The bibliographical research was carried out
from news, articles, monographs and theses and was carried out in the databases:
SciELO, BVS (Virtual Health Library), Google Scholar and Portal of Capes journal,
published between 2010 and 2023. The following keywords were searched: mercury,
contamination, health and Amazon, as the post search, the materials were selected
according to the objective of the study. For the preparation of the systematic review,
10 articles were selected. Among the studies, we highlight results pointing to mercury
contamination related to the practice of deforestation; contamination by levels of Hg
accumulated in fish and populations in the Amazon region; contamination with the
mines and the consumption of contaminated fish as responsible for mercury
contamination in Amazonian regions. It is also noteworthy that the metal mercury in
the mines, causes drastic effects to vulnerable populations and the surrounding
environment, and can culminate in serious damage to health, environment.