Human health risk assessment of metals and metalloids in mining areas of the Northeast Andean foothills of the Ecuadorian Amazon

Gold mining (GM) is a major source of metals and metalloids in rivers, causing severe environmental pollution and increasing the exposure risks to the residents of surrounding areas. Mining in Ecuadorian Amazonia has dramatically increased in recent years, but its impacts on Indigenous local populat...

• Glavni avtor: Galarza Naranjo, Emily Roxana (author)
• Drugi avtorji: Massaine Moulatlet, Gabriel (author), Rico, Andreu (author), Cabrera, Marcela (author), Pinos Velez, Veronica (author), Pérez González, Andrés (author), Vellosa Capparelli, Mariana (author)
• Format: article
• Izdano: 2022
• Teme: Carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic; Napo province; Freshwater ecosystems; Human health; Metals and metalloids.; Risk assessment
• Online dostop: https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4698; http://repositorio.ikiam.edu.ec/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/619