Neurodevelopment of Infants in a Mercury Contaminated Crea in Zimbabwe

Neurodevelopment of Infants in a Mercury Contaminated Crea in Zimbabwe

In Kadoma in Zimbabwe small-scale gold mining is widespread. Mothers and their infants are exposed in the mining communities to the toxic inorganic mercury vapors from processing the ore using elemental mercury. Methyl-mercury is a well known neurotoxin and endangers the regular development of child...

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Main Authors: Bose-O’Reilly S., Lettmeier B., Shoko D., Baeuml J., Baskova-Schilling V., Roider G., Drasch G., Siebert U.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-04-01
Series:E3S Web of Conferences
Subjects:
Neurodevelopment
mercury vapor
breast milk
small scale gold mining
Zimbabwe
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20130140001

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