Metals and Arsenic in Water Supply for Riverine Communities Affected by the Largest Environmental Disaster in Brazil: The Dam Collapse on Doce River

Metals and Arsenic in Water Supply for Riverine Communities Affected by the Largest Environmental Disaster in Brazil: The Dam Collapse on Doce River

Considered the worst environmental disaster in Brazilian history, the collapse of Samarco dam directly affected the Doce river. Inhabitants living along the river who relied mainly on Doce river's water supply for agriculture and human consumption faced risk from the mining residue exposure. Th...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Oliveira de Carvalho, André de Almeida Pinheiro, Dhoone Menezes de Sousa, Janeide de Assis Padilha, Juliana Silva Souza, Petrus Magnus Galvão, Thaís de Castro Paiva, Aline Soares Freire, Ricardo Erthal Santelli, Olaf Malm, João Paulo Machado Torres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul 2018-06-01
Series:Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry
Subjects:
contamination
Doce river
family farming
metals
dam collapse
water
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufms.br/index.php/orbital/article/view/16305

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