Study finds mercury contamination in Brazil’s Yanomami people
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Reuters Indigenous people from nine villages in Brazil’s Yanomami territory were found to be contaminated by mercury, with those living closer to illegal gold mining sites presenting higher levels of contamination, a study released on Thursday found. The study by Brazil’s state-run Fiocruz institute collected hair samples from about 287 Indigenous […]
Essay: BepiColombo’s first close-up pictures of Mercury’s surface hint at answers to the planet’s secrets
DAVID ROTHERY, professor of planetary geosciences at The Open University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the BepiColombo mission to Mercury and what its closest images yet have revealed…
Toxic mercury in fish rising with climate change and overfishing, says research
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Climate change and overfishing are increasing levels of toxic mercury in cod and tuna, which can cause neurological disorders in children and babies whose mothers eat fish while pregnant, a study by Harvard scientists said on Wednesday. The concentration of methylmercury – an organic compound which can cause severe damage to […]