Table 4.
Total Hg concentration in hair samples from Amazon populations living in locations outside the Tapajós River basin, 1996–2003.
| Location | Region | N | Hg-total (min-max) (μg / g) (*) |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carajás | 29 | (0.25 – 15.70) | Fernandes et al. 1990 | |
| Iranduba | Madeira | 86 | 5.60 ± 3.10 | Eve et al. 1996 |
| Barreirinha | Madeira | 15 | 38.60 ± 14.40 | Eve et al. 1996 |
| Madeira | 169 | 9.00 (− 71.00) | Malm et al. 1997 | |
| Santana de Ituqui | Madeira | 167 | 4.28 ± 1.85 (0.50 – 10.90) | Santos et al. 2000 |
| Negro | 76 | 21.40 ± 12.60 (1.50 – 59.00) | Barbosa et al. 2001 | |
| Panacauera | Tocantins | 23 | 8.13 ± 5.89 (1.40 – 25.50) | Pinheiro et al. 2003a |
| Pindobal | Tocantins | 43 | 3.30 ± 1.60 (0.80 – 7.20) | Pinheiro et al, 2003a |
| São Gabriel | Negro | 157 | 13.02 (0.30 – 83.11) | Santos et al. 2003 |
| Barcelos | Negro | 242 | 9.67 (0.07 – 52.04) | Santos et al. 2003 |
(*)
Original values rounded to the second decimal.