Team Gold

Challenges and opportunities for managing aquatic mercury pollution in altered landscapes

Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Chris S. Eckley, Dario Achá, Xinbin Feng, Cynthia C. Gilmour, Sofi Jonsson, and Carl P. J. Mitchell. “Challenges and opportunities for managing aquatic mercury pollution in altered landscapes.” Ambio 47, no. 2 (March 2018): 141–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-017-1006-7.

Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining

Gerson, Jacqueline R., Natalie Szponar, Angelica Almeyda Zambrano, Bridget Bergquist, Eben Broadbent, Charles T. Driscoll, Gideon Erkenswick, et al. “Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining.” Nature Communications 13, no. 1 (January 28, 2022): 559. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27997-3.

Utility of Diffusive Gradient in Thin-Film Passive Samplers for Predicting Mercury Methylation Potential and Bioaccumulation in Freshwater Wetlands

Neal-Walthall, Natalia, Udonna Ndu, Nelson A. Rivera, Dwayne A. Elias, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Utility of Diffusive Gradient in Thin-Film Passive Samplers for Predicting Mercury Methylation Potential and Bioaccumulation in Freshwater Wetlands.” Environmental Science & Technology 56, no. 3 (February 2022): 1743–52. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06796.

Efficacy of Hair Total Mercury Content as a Biomarker of Methylmercury Exposure to Communities in the Area of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Madre de Dios, Peru

Koenigsmark F, Weinhouse C, Berky AJ, Morales AM, Ortiz EJ, Pierce EM, et al. Efficacy of Hair Total Mercury Content as a Biomarker of Methylmercury Exposure to Communities in the Area of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Madre de Dios, Peru. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 Dec 18;18(24).

Leaders’ distributional & efficiency effects in collective responses to policy: Lab-in-field experiments with small-scale gold miners in Colombia

Rodriguez, L. A., M. A. Velez, and A. Pfaff. “Leaders’ distributional & efficiency effects in collective responses to policy: Lab-in-field experiments with small-scale gold miners in Colombia.” World Development 147 (November 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105648.

CoNaMad-Cohorte de Nacimiento de Madre de Dios/Madre de Dios Birth Cohort to Study Effects of in-utero Trace Metals Exposure in the Southern Peruvian Amazon

Pan, William K., Caren Weinhouse, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Axel J. Berky, Emma Fixsen, Andres Mallipudi, Beth J. Feingold, et al. “CoNaMad-Cohorte de Nacimiento de Madre de Dios/Madre de Dios Birth Cohort to Study Effects of in-utero Trace Metals Exposure in the Southern Peruvian Amazon.” Annals of Global Health 87, no. 1 (January 2021): 69. https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3152.

Prophylactic supplementation with selenium alters disposition of mercury in aged rats

“Lucy Joshee, Adam Kiefer, Caryn Seney, Kayla E. Matta, Sarah E. Orr, Christy C. Bridges, Prophylactic supplementation with selenium alters disposition of mercury in aged rats, Experimental Gerontology, Volume 149, 2021, 111289, ISSN 0531-5565, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2021.111289”

Reaction of Cyanide with Hg0-Contaminated Gold Mining Tailings Produces Soluble Mercuric Cyanide Complexes

Seney, C. S., Bridges, C. C., Aljic, S., Moore, M. E., Orr, S. E., Barnes, M. C., Joshee, L., Uchakina, O. N., Bellott, B. J., McKallip, R. J., Drace, K., Veiga, M. M., & Kiefer, A. M. (2020). Reaction of cyanide with Hg0‑Contaminated gold mining tailings produces soluble mercuric cyanide complexes. Chemical Research in Toxicology, 33(11), 2834-2844. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00211

Method for mapping Hg0 emissions from gold shops in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities

“Samantha T. Brown, Kazi M. Hasan, Keegan H. Moody, Danielle C. Loving, Kathryn E. Howe, Alaina G. Dawson, Kevin Drace, Jeffrey D. Hugdahl, Caryn S. Seney, Claudia M. Vega, Luis E. Fernandez, Adam M. Kiefer, Method for mapping Hg0 emissions from gold shops in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities, MethodsX, Volume 7, 2020, 101060, ISSN 2215-0161, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2020.101060.”

Mercury and selenium loading in mountaintop mining impacted alkaline streams and riparian food webs

Gerson, J. R., L. C. Naslund, Y. T. Liu, H. Hsu-Kim, C. T. Driscoll, M. R. V. Ross, M. N. Waters, and E. S. Bernhardt. “Mercury and selenium loading in mountaintop mining impacted alkaline streams and riparian food webs.” Biogeochemistry 150, no. 1 (August 1, 2020): 109–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00690-7.

A Collaborative Training Program to Assess Mercury Pollution from Gold Shops in Guyana’s Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector

Brown ST, Bandoo LL, Agard SS, Thom ST, Gilhuys TE, Mudireddy GK, Eechampati AV, Hasan KM, Loving DC, Seney CS, Kiefer AM. A Collaborative Training Program to Assess Mercury Pollution from Gold Shops in Guyana’s Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector. Atmosphere. 2020; 11(7):719. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11070719

A population-based mercury exposure assessment near an artisanal and small-scale gold mining site in the Peruvian Amazon to inform human biomonitoring program design

Weinhouse C, Gallis JA, Ortiz E, Berky A, Morales AM, Diringer S, Harrington KM, Bullins P, Rogers L, Hare-Grogg J, Hsu-Kim H, Pan WK.”A population-based mercury exposure assessment near an artisanal and small-scale gold mining site in the Peruvian Amazon.” Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, vol. 31, no. 1, Feb. 2021, pp. 126+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A650174320/AONE?u=duke_perkins&sid=googleScholar&xid=fd492e3f.

Elevated hair mercury levels are associated with neurodevelopmental deficits in children living near artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Peru

Reuben A, Frischtak H, Berky A, Ortiz E, Morales AM, Hsu-Kim H, Pendergast LL, Pan WK. Elevated hair mercury levels are associated with neurodevelopmental deficits in children living near artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Peru. GeoHealth 2020; in-press.

A pilot dietary intervention to reduce mercury exposure among communities in Madre de Dios, Peru (In review)

Pan W, Grubbs J, Ortiz E, Hsu-Kim H. A pilot dietary intervention to reduce mercury exposure among communities in Madre de Dios, Peru. 2020; in-review

Mercury emissions from Peruvian gold shops: Potential ramifications for Minamata compliance in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities

Moody KH, Hasan KM, Aljic S, Blakeman VM, Hicks LP, Loving DC, Moore ME, Hammett BS, Silva-González M, Seney CS, Kiefer AM. Mercury emissions from Peruvian gold shops: Potential ramifications for Minamata compliance in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities. Environ Res. 2020 Mar;182:109042. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.109042. Epub 2019 Dec 24. PMID: 32069769.

Deforestation Due to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Exacerbates Soil and Mercury Mobilization in Madre de Dios, Peru

Diringer SE, Berky AJ, Marani M, Ortiz EJ, Karatum O, Plata DL, Pan WK, Hsu-Kim H. Deforestation Due to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Exacerbates Soil and Mercury Mobilization in Madre de Dios, Peru. Environmental Science & Technology 2020; 54(1): 286-96

Graduated stringency within collective incentives for group environmental compliance: Building coordination in field-lab experiments with artisanal gold miners in Colombia

Rodriguez L, Pfaff A, Velez M. Graduated stringency within collective incentives for group environmental compliance: Building coordination in field-lab experiments with artisanal gold miners in Colombia. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 2019; 98: 102276

Population-based dietary exposure to mercury through fish consumption in the Southern Peruvian Amazon

Feingold BJ, Berky A, Hsu-Kim H, Rojas E, Pan WK. Population-based dietary exposure to mercury through fish consumption in the Southern Peruvian Amazon. Environmental Research 2019: 108720.

Co-administration of Selenium with Inorganic Mercury Alters the Disposition of Mercuric Ions in Rats

Orr SE, George HS, Barnes MC, Mathis TN, Joshee L, Barkin J, Kiefer AM, Seney CS, Bridges CC. Co-administration of Selenium with Inorganic Mercury Alters the Disposition of Mercuric Ions in Rats. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2020 May;195(1):187-195. doi: 10.1007/s12011-019-01835-y. Epub 2019 Jul 22. PMID: 31332705.

Relative Reactivity and Bioavailability of Mercury Sorbed to or Coprecipitated with Aged Iron Sulfides

Rivera, Nelson A., Paige M. Bippus, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Relative Reactivity and Bioavailability of Mercury Sorbed to or Coprecipitated with Aged Iron Sulfides.” Environmental Science & Technology 53, no. 13 (July 2019): 7391–99. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b00768.