Semiquantitative mercury determination in fish: a tool for poisoning prevention
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Resumo: | Human exposure to mercury intoxication through contaminated fish ingestion has been well studied, mainly among Japanese population. The Brazilian population, particulaly in the Amazon region, is now in focus due to findings of fish contamination. Major health impacts caused by mercury affect mostly people who have a regular fish diet. A continuous checking for mercury content in the most consumed fish could prevent human intoxication. A simple, non-instrumental method to allow a continuous checking of the mercury content in fish was developed. Based on this method, we are proposing a prevention action where community agents can be trained to perform fish analysis. Technical Schools and Universities located nearby the affected areas would be in charge of quality control programs for the fish analysis as well as for the selection, training and update for operators. |
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Semiquantitative mercury determination in fish: a tool for poisoning preventionmercuryfishsemiquantitative determinationpoisoning preventionHuman exposure to mercury intoxication through contaminated fish ingestion has been well studied, mainly among Japanese population. The Brazilian population, particulaly in the Amazon region, is now in focus due to findings of fish contamination. Major health impacts caused by mercury affect mostly people who have a regular fish diet. A continuous checking for mercury content in the most consumed fish could prevent human intoxication. A simple, non-instrumental method to allow a continuous checking of the mercury content in fish was developed. Based on this method, we are proposing a prevention action where community agents can be trained to perform fish analysis. Technical Schools and Universities located nearby the affected areas would be in charge of quality control programs for the fish analysis as well as for the selection, training and update for operators.Academia Brasileira de Ciências2002-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652002000100015Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências v.74 n.1 2002reponame:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Online)instname:Academia Brasileira de Ciências (ABC)instacron:ABC10.1590/S0001-37652002000100015info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessYALLOUZ,ALLEGRA V.CALIXTO,TATIANAHACON,SANDRAeng2002-05-24T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0001-37652002000100015Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/aabchttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||aabc@abc.org.br1678-26900001-3765opendoar:2002-05-24T00:00Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Online) - Academia Brasileira de Ciências (ABC)false |
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Semiquantitative mercury determination in fish: a tool for poisoning prevention |
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Semiquantitative mercury determination in fish: a tool for poisoning prevention |
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Semiquantitative mercury determination in fish: a tool for poisoning prevention YALLOUZ,ALLEGRA V. mercury fish semiquantitative determination poisoning prevention |
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Semiquantitative mercury determination in fish: a tool for poisoning prevention |
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Semiquantitative mercury determination in fish: a tool for poisoning prevention |
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Semiquantitative mercury determination in fish: a tool for poisoning prevention |
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Semiquantitative mercury determination in fish: a tool for poisoning prevention |
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Semiquantitative mercury determination in fish: a tool for poisoning prevention |
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YALLOUZ,ALLEGRA V. |
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YALLOUZ,ALLEGRA V. CALIXTO,TATIANA HACON,SANDRA |
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CALIXTO,TATIANA HACON,SANDRA |
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YALLOUZ,ALLEGRA V. CALIXTO,TATIANA HACON,SANDRA |
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mercury fish semiquantitative determination poisoning prevention |
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mercury fish semiquantitative determination poisoning prevention |
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Human exposure to mercury intoxication through contaminated fish ingestion has been well studied, mainly among Japanese population. The Brazilian population, particulaly in the Amazon region, is now in focus due to findings of fish contamination. Major health impacts caused by mercury affect mostly people who have a regular fish diet. A continuous checking for mercury content in the most consumed fish could prevent human intoxication. A simple, non-instrumental method to allow a continuous checking of the mercury content in fish was developed. Based on this method, we are proposing a prevention action where community agents can be trained to perform fish analysis. Technical Schools and Universities located nearby the affected areas would be in charge of quality control programs for the fish analysis as well as for the selection, training and update for operators. |
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