ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Mercury Levels in Women and Children from Interior Villages in Suriname, South America.
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- A cross-sectional study assessing mercury exposure and poisoning among workers in informal gold mines in French Guiana.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Association between Liver and Kidney Function and Birth Outcomes in Pregnant Surinamese Women Exposed to Mercury and Lead in the Caribbean Consortium for Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (CCREOH) Environmental Epidemiologic Cohort Study.Journal of xenobiotics · 2024Article
- Global mercury concentrations in biota: their use as a basis for a global biomonitoring framework.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2024Review
- Possible Risk Factors and Their Potential Associations with Combined Heavy Metal Exposures in Pregnant Women in the Republic of Suriname.Annals of global health · 2024Article
- Contrasting mercury contamination scenarios and site susceptibilities confound fish mercury burdens in Suriname, South America.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2023Article
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- Validity, reliability, and transcultural adaptations of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID-III-NL) for children in Suriname.Early human development · 2021Article
- Association of Mercury Exposure and Maternal Sociodemographics on Birth Outcomes of Indigenous and Tribal Women in Suriname.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Exposure to total and methylmercury among pregnant women in Suriname: sources and public health implications.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2021Article
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- Influence of Prenatal Exposure to Mercury, Perceived Stress, and Depression on Birth Outcomes in Suriname: Results from the MeKiTamara Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Prenatal Mercury Exposure in Pregnant Women from Suriname's Interior and Its Effects on Birth Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Mercury Exposure Among Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Miners in Four Regions in Uganda.Journal of health & pollution · 2020Article
- Mercury exposure assessment in indigenous communities from Tarapaca village, Cotuhe and Putumayo Rivers, Colombian Amazon.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019Article
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Abstract
Natural sources of mercury, historical gold mining, and contemporary artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) activities have led to mercury contamination in Suriname. Our primary objective was to evaluate mercury levels in hair of women and children from interior villages in Suriname where mercury levels in fish are elevated. We also estimated blood levels of mercury using an established mathematical conversion to facilitate comparison with other biomonitoring programs in the United States. Estimated levels of mercury in the blood of participants from Suriname were significantly higher than those in women from a heavy marine fish-consuming population in southeast Louisiana and estimates of the US national average. This includes women from Surinamese villages well upstream of ASGM activities. Since residents in these areas rely heavily on local fish, this is likely the source of their exposure to mercury. The levels in hair are similar to those seen in women from longitudinal studies finding neurological impairments in children exposed pre- and postnatally. Additional biomonitoring and neurodevelopmental assessments are warranted in these areas, as well as other areas of the Suriname. Mercury levels in hair (Suriname) and blood (southeast LA USA) were determined using cold vapor atomic absorption spectroscopy (CVAAS).
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