A presença de mercúrio em casa constitui um risco de contaminação humana e / ou ambiental? Relato de um caso Is the presence of mercury at home a risk of human and / or environmental contamination? A case report
<abstract language="eng">Mercury kept in a garage of a residencial building in Rio de Janeiro was accidentally released and caused local (environmental and human) contamination. The concentration of mercury in indoor air of the most critical site reached 15.5 mg/m³. Outdoor air sampl...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
1997-08-01
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| author | Josino C. Moreira Fatima R. Pivetta Gisele S. Kuriyama Paulo R. Barrocas Fernando L. G. Nicola Fernanda C. G. Rosa Silvana C. Jacob |
| author_facet | Josino C. Moreira Fatima R. Pivetta Gisele S. Kuriyama Paulo R. Barrocas Fernando L. G. Nicola Fernanda C. G. Rosa Silvana C. Jacob |
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| description | <abstract language="eng">Mercury kept in a garage of a residencial building in Rio de Janeiro was accidentally released and caused local (environmental and human) contamination. The concentration of mercury in indoor air of the most critical site reached 15.5 mg/m³. Outdoor air samples showed concentrations ranging from 0.37 to 6.6 mg/m³ . Seventy five per cent of the urine samples collected from 22 residents in the contaminated building showed levels of mercury higher than those observed in non exposed individuals (>6.9 mg/L); in 30% of these samples, the concentration was higher than 20 mg/L. These values show a high level of human contamination and the final consequences were not so serious owing to the quick action taken by one of the residents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9289ac4d0dfc4f0186580bcb8575d0a92022-12-21T18:18:21ZengSociedade Brasileira de QuímicaQuímica Nova0100-40421678-70641997-08-0120442042210.1590/S0100-40421997000400013A presença de mercúrio em casa constitui um risco de contaminação humana e / ou ambiental? Relato de um caso Is the presence of mercury at home a risk of human and / or environmental contamination? A case reportJosino C. MoreiraFatima R. PivettaGisele S. KuriyamaPaulo R. BarrocasFernando L. G. NicolaFernanda C. G. RosaSilvana C. Jacob<abstract language="eng">Mercury kept in a garage of a residencial building in Rio de Janeiro was accidentally released and caused local (environmental and human) contamination. The concentration of mercury in indoor air of the most critical site reached 15.5 mg/m³. Outdoor air samples showed concentrations ranging from 0.37 to 6.6 mg/m³ . Seventy five per cent of the urine samples collected from 22 residents in the contaminated building showed levels of mercury higher than those observed in non exposed individuals (>6.9 mg/L); in 30% of these samples, the concentration was higher than 20 mg/L. These values show a high level of human contamination and the final consequences were not so serious owing to the quick action taken by one of the residents.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40421997000400013mercury contaminationhuman contaminationenvironmental contamination |
| spellingShingle | Josino C. Moreira Fatima R. Pivetta Gisele S. Kuriyama Paulo R. Barrocas Fernando L. G. Nicola Fernanda C. G. Rosa Silvana C. Jacob A presença de mercúrio em casa constitui um risco de contaminação humana e / ou ambiental? Relato de um caso Is the presence of mercury at home a risk of human and / or environmental contamination? A case report Química Nova mercury contamination human contamination environmental contamination |
| title | A presença de mercúrio em casa constitui um risco de contaminação humana e / ou ambiental? Relato de um caso Is the presence of mercury at home a risk of human and / or environmental contamination? A case report |
| title_full | A presença de mercúrio em casa constitui um risco de contaminação humana e / ou ambiental? Relato de um caso Is the presence of mercury at home a risk of human and / or environmental contamination? A case report |
| title_fullStr | A presença de mercúrio em casa constitui um risco de contaminação humana e / ou ambiental? Relato de um caso Is the presence of mercury at home a risk of human and / or environmental contamination? A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | A presença de mercúrio em casa constitui um risco de contaminação humana e / ou ambiental? Relato de um caso Is the presence of mercury at home a risk of human and / or environmental contamination? A case report |
| title_short | A presença de mercúrio em casa constitui um risco de contaminação humana e / ou ambiental? Relato de um caso Is the presence of mercury at home a risk of human and / or environmental contamination? A case report |
| title_sort | presenca de mercurio em casa constitui um risco de contaminacao humana e ou ambiental relato de um caso is the presence of mercury at home a risk of human and or environmental contamination a case report |
| topic | mercury contamination human contamination environmental contamination |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40421997000400013 |
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