Environmental Geochemical Analysis in the Yanomami Indigenous Land, Mucajaí River Basin, State of Roraima, Brazil
Author:
Jacques Patricia Duringer1, Viglio Eduardo Paim1ORCID, de Oliveira d’El Rei Pinto Daniel2
Affiliation:
1. CPRM—Geological Survey of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro 22.290-255, Brazil 2. Habitat Geo and Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro 22.290-255, Brazil
Abstract
The Yanomami Indigenous Land in the Amazon has a long history of illegal artisanal gold mining, leading to concerns about mercury (Hg) contamination. This study has conducted a geochemical analysis to assess Hg contamination from these mining activities. Geological materials, including river water and stream sediments, were collected from 14 predetermined points based on the Geological Survey of Brazil’s methodology. The results revealed that water samples did not show Hg contamination above the limits set by the National Council of the Environment (Conama) Resolution 357. However, two stream sediment samples, particularly PJS009 and PJS010 collected from the Mucajaí River, exceeded the Conama Resolution 454’s limit of 0.17 mg/kg. A Hg content of 0.344 mg/kg was found in the sediment sample PJS009, the one collected further upstream in the Mucajaí River, and 1.386 mg/kg was found in sample PJS010, also in the Mucajaí River in the region shortly before the Fumaça Waterfall, indicating that the sediments of the Mucajaí River may be contaminated with Hg from the Fumaça Waterfall upstream.
Funder
CPRM—Geological Survey of Brazil and Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Subject
Chemical Health and Safety,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Toxicology
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