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Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining.
Gerson JR, Szponar N, Zambrano AA, Bergquist B, Broadbent E, Driscoll CT, Erkenswick G, Evers DC, Fernandez LE, Hsu-Kim H, Inga G, Lansdale KN, Marchese MJ, Martinez A, Moore C, Pan WK, Purizaca RP, Sánchez V, Silman M, Ury EA, Vega C, Watsa M, Bernhardt ES. Gerson JR, et al. Among authors: fernandez le. Nat Commun. 2022 Jan 28;13(1):559. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-27997-3. Nat Commun. 2022. PMID: 35091543 Free PMC article.
Artificial lake expansion amplifies mercury pollution from gold mining.
Gerson JR, Topp SN, Vega CM, Gardner JR, Yang X, Fernandez LE, Bernhardt ES, Pavelsky TM. Gerson JR, et al. Among authors: fernandez le. Sci Adv. 2020 Nov 27;6(48):eabd4953. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd4953. Print 2020 Nov. Sci Adv. 2020. PMID: 33246963 Free PMC article.
Mercury in soils impacted by alluvial gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon.
Velásquez Ramírez MG, Vega Ruiz CM, Gomringer RC, Pillaca M, Thomas E, Stewart PM, Gamarra Miranda LA, Dañobeytia FR, Guerrero Barrantes JA, Gushiken MC, Bardales JV, Silman M, Fernandez L, Ascorra C, Torres DDC. Velásquez Ramírez MG, et al. J Environ Manage. 2021 Jun 15;288:112364. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112364. Epub 2021 Mar 25. J Environ Manage. 2021. PMID: 33774565
Impairment in Working Memory and Executive Function Associated with Mercury Exposure in Indigenous Populations in Upper Amazonian Peru.
Silman AK, Chhabria R, Hafzalla GW, Giffin L, Kucharski K, Myers K, Culquichicón C, Montero S, Lescano AG, Vega CM, Fernandez LE, Silman MR, Kane MJ, Sanders JW. Silman AK, et al. Among authors: fernandez le. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 2;19(17):10989. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191710989. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022. PMID: 36078698 Free PMC article.
A global rise in alluvial mining increases sediment load in tropical rivers.
Dethier EN, Silman M, Leiva JD, Alqahtani S, Fernandez LE, Pauca P, Çamalan S, Tomhave P, Magilligan FJ, Renshaw CE, Lutz DA. Dethier EN, et al. Among authors: fernandez le. Nature. 2023 Aug;620(7975):787-793. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06309-9. Epub 2023 Aug 23. Nature. 2023. PMID: 37612396
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