ReviewLancet regional health. Americas2024
Environmental pollution challenges public health surveillance: the case of mercury exposure and intoxication in Brazil.
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- Snakes and snakebites in the munduruku cosmology and medicine, central Brazilian Amazonia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Metallic Contaminants and Osteoporosis: a Review of the Gut-Bone Axis.Biological trace element research · 2026Review
- The Label-Free Fluorescence Detection of Inorganic and Organic Mercury Based on DNA-Templated Gold Nanoclusters.Biosensors · 2026Article
- Genetic susceptibility to mercury in the amazon: A cross-sectional approach to snps analyses in exposed riverine populations.Genetics and molecular biology · 2026Article
- Quaternized tetraethylenepentamine-capped AgNPs for selective and rapid colorimetric detection of mercury(II) in water.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Mining and malaria in the Brazilian Amazon and in the Yanomami indigenous land.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- A Brazilian Minamata disease? Neurologists must be aware of mercury exposure and intoxication.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2025Review
- Munduruku Indigenous children: health situation in an area with high mercury exposure.Revista de saude publica · 2025Article
- Mercury Contamination and Co-exposures in the Amazon Basin: At the Center of the Planetary Environmental Crisis.Annals of global health · 2025Review
- Menopause-dependent correlations of blood mercury levels with bone mineral density and appendicular lean mass index in middle-aged women.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Pollution, causing millions of deaths annually, disproportionally affects low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Mercury ranks among the three main chemicals of major public health concern, and even low levels can cause cardiovascular and nervous outcomes, with children and indigenous populations being especially vulnerable. Nearly 80% of all emissions in South America originate from the Amazon. Brazil, the fifth-largest contributor to global mercury emissions, exemplifies the challenges faced by LMICs in effectively monitoring and addressing mercury exposure/intoxication. Despite having powerful tools such as SINAN (a digital platform for compulsory disease reporting), and Community Health Agents, data reveals significant underreporting, especially in the Amazon. Furthermore, SINAN has important delays in its update: for instance, 196 cases of Munduruku Indigenous people in 2019 have only been included in 2023. In this Personal View, we outline insightful recommendations to enhance public health surveillance and implement enduring, effective strategies to monitor, report and address mercury exposure/intoxication, focusing on the Brazilian Amazon. Although these recommendations are tailored to the challenges of this country, they hold potential for adaptation by other Amazonian countries facing similar issues (high mercury emissions and the presence of vulnerable populations, among others).
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