Cadmium, lead and mercury in the blood of workers from recycling sorting facilities in São Paulo, Brazil

• Main Authors: Mariana Maleronka Ferron (Author), Rúbia Kuno (Author), Anali Espindola Machado de Campos (Author), Francisco José Viana de Castro (Author), Nelson Gouveia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Approximately 600,000 people work as recycling material collectors in Brazil and few studies evaluate the health risks involved in this occupation. The objective was to evaluate the blood levels of cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg) among workers from recycling sorting facilities (RS...