caa a22 4500 467902860 CHVBK 20180406152823.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10661-006-8716-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10661-006-8716-9 Metal Pollution in the Environment of Minas Gerais State - Brazil [Elektronische Daten] [M. Veado, I. Arantes, A. Oliveira, M. Almeida, R. Miguel, M. Severo, H. Cabaleiro] Intense mining activities in Minas Gerais State - Brazil brings out tons of waste to the environment. Considerable concentrations of toxic elements penetrate the soil, ground waters and rivers. This endangers the environment quality not only in the surrounding areas but also in ichthyofauna and in more distant areas of cattle raising and agricultural activities. After seasonal floods, veterinary clinic studies have shown that most animals raised in this region are affected by symptomatologic nervous diseases, still not clearly diagnosed, which suggests intoxication. These pathologies are mostly noted after floods. Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis was applied to determine Al, As, Au, Ba, Br, Ca, Cl, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, La, Mg, Mn, Na, Nd, Rb, Sb, Sc, Sm, Th and Zn in environmental samples. The obtained results show that the water and sediment contaminated with heavy metals and toxic elements from the Das Velhas River upstream basin, the mining region, carry contamination to the ichthyofauna and farming region within a distance of approximately 400 km. Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2006 fish nationallicence forage nationallicence INAA nationallicence mining environment nationallicence sediment nationallicence trace elements nationallicence water nationallicence Veado M. Nuclear Engineering Department of the Federal University of Minas Gerais State - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil aut Arantes I. Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC) - Brazil, Brazil aut Oliveira A. Nuclear Engineering Department of the Federal University of Minas Gerais State - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil aut Almeida M. FUMEC - University of Minas Gerais - Brazil, Brazil aut Miguel R. Center of Nuclear Technology Development National - Committee of Nuclear Energy (CDTN/CNEN), Belo Horizonte, Brazil aut Severo M. University of Santa Cruz, Itabuna, BA, Brazil aut Cabaleiro H. Electrical Engineering Department of the Federal University of Minas Gerais State - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil aut Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 117/1-3(2006-06-01), 157-172 0167-6369 117:1-3<157 2006 117 10661 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-8716-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-8716-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Veado M. Nuclear Engineering Department of the Federal University of Minas Gerais State - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Arantes I. Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC) - Brazil, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oliveira A. Nuclear Engineering Department of the Federal University of Minas Gerais State - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Almeida M. FUMEC - University of Minas Gerais - Brazil, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Miguel R. Center of Nuclear Technology Development National - Committee of Nuclear Energy (CDTN/CNEN), Belo Horizonte, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Severo M. University of Santa Cruz, Itabuna, BA, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cabaleiro H. Electrical Engineering Department of the Federal University of Minas Gerais State - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 117/1-3(2006-06-01), 157-172 0167-6369 117:1-3<157 2006 117 10661 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer