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Un cercle vertueux en Amazonie : la réduction de l’exposition au mercure liée à la consommation de poisson passe par l’agriculture durable

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Le projet Caruso a commencé en 1994 comme une nouvelle proposition, mais fondée sur un ancien accord de coopération entre l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) et l’Université fédérale de Pará (UFPA) à Belem, au Brésil. Les objectifs du projet consistaient à déterminer les sources, les voies de transmission et les effets du mercure sur les collectivités de la région du Bas-Tapajós. La zone en amont de la rivière a subi les contrecoups de l’exploitation aurifère artisanale (Akagi et al. 1995; Malm et Guimarães 1999). Le projet Caruso s’appuyait sur l’hypothèse initiale selon laquelle la région en aval souffrirait aussi de l’exposition au mercure et des effets de la même exploitation aurifère au sud de São Luis do Tapajós (figure 10.1).

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    http://www.unites.uqam.ca/gmf/caruso/caruso_home.htm. Projet initial présenté par Marc Lucotte, Marucia Amorim et Donna Mergler.

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Remerciements 

Nous tenons à remercier les collectivités du Bas-Tapajós qui ont participé au projet Caruso. Nous remercions aussi les nombreux chercheurs qui ont pris part au projet au cours des quinze dernières années, et tout particulièrement Marc Lucotte. Cet article est dédié à la mémoire de Fernando Branches, cardiologue à Santarém, qui a alerté le monde sur les dangers pour la santé du mercure dans la région de l’Amazone, et à Marc Roulet, le biogéochimiste qui a ciblé le déboisement comme étant la source de la contamination au mercure dans cette région. Le CRDI a accordé son soutien à ces travaux dans le cadre des projets nos 001300, 003323 et 101416.

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    Jean Remy Davée Guimarães

  2. Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la biologie, la santé, la société et l’environnement (CINBIOSE), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Donna Mergler

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Guimarães, J.R.D., Mergler, D. (2014). Un cercle vertueux en Amazonie : la réduction de l’exposition au mercure liée à la consommation de poisson passe par l’agriculture durable. In: Charron, D. (eds) La Recherche Écosanté en pratique. Insight and Innovation in International Development, vol 2. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5281-2_10

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