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Tipo: Artigo
Título: Trace elements in river waters and sediments before and after a mining dam breach (Bento Rodrigues, Brazil)
Autor(es): Silva, Danilo de C.
Bellato, Carlos R.
Marques Neto, José de O.
Fontes, Maurício P. F.
Abstract: On November 5, 2015, the Fundão dam ruptured which caused the spill of a large quantity of tailings from the extraction of iron ores to the Gualaxo do Norte, Carmo and Doce Rivers. Seven months prior to the rupture, our group had collected water and sediment samples at 13 points along the Tripuí Creek and the entire length of the Carmo River. Six months after deposition of the mud, new samples were collected in the Carmo River. Thus, the present study sought to evaluate the concentrations of trace elements in the waters and their distribution and mobility in sediment by BCR sequential extraction before and after the deposition of the tailings mud. Arsenic concentrations in the water samples were between 10.4 and 50.4 μg L -1 , which exceeded 10 ug L -1 (maximum limit permitted by Brazilian environmental regulations for water destined for human consumption) . The tailing mud layer on the sediments caused concentration increases of As (20%), Cd (13%), Co (5%), Cr (9%), Cu (11%), Ni (4%), Pb (7%) and Zn (19%) in the easily remobilized fractions. The presence of the elements in these fractions was indicative of high ecotoxicological risk and potential harm to the health of the local population.
Palavras-chave: Mariana accident
Carmo river
Fractionation
Sequential extraction
Bioavailability
Editor: Química Nova
Tipo de Acesso: Open Access
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21577/0100-4042.20170252
http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/24750
Data do documento: Ago-2018
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