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The vulnerability of indigenous populations: Water quality consumed by the Maxa...
Assis,Eliseu Miranda de; Santos,Emanuelle Marinho; Faria,Márcia Cristina da Silva; Rodrigues,Jairo Lisboa; Garcez,Anderson; Bomfeti,Cleide AparecidaAbstract Distributed in four villages with approximately 1800 individuals, the Maxakali people have the second largest indigenous population in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. This community’s water quality is usually evaluated according to its palatability, and whether it meets certain visual criteria. Thus, a descriptive study was carried out including samples of surface and groundwater consumed in four vi...
High concentrations of toxic metals in water consumed by the Maxakali indigenou...
Assis,Eliseu Miranda de; Souza,Maicon Junior dos Santos; Faria,Márcia Cristina da Silva; Rodrigues,Jairo Lisboa; Garcez,AndersonAbstract The Maxakali is the second largest indigenous population in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil; and parasitic diseases are its main cause of death. Problems related to the quality of water consumed by this population, added to the absence of public sanitation services, aggravate the risk of illnesses due to several water-borne pathologies. Thus, the main purpose of this paper was to evaluate the water q...
Validação de método analítico por ELL-CG-EM para detecção de trialometanos deco...
Franco,Elton Santos; Ferreira,Ana Flávia de Assis; Silva,Diego Francis; Camargo,Júlia Araújo; Pádua,Valter Lúcio de; Rodrigues,Jairo LisboaRESUMO Estudos demonstram que a utilização do cloro em estações de tratamento de água (ETA) pode contribuir para a formação de subprodutos orgânicos halogenados indesejados, tais como os trialometanos (TAM), quando há presença de matéria orgânica algogênica, composta de algas e cianobactérias. A Microcystis aeruginosa é uma espécie de cianobactéria com frequentes registros em eventos de florações no país e é re...