Avaliação da exposição congênita ao mercúrio sobre o peso de recém-nascidos em Porto Velho-Rondônia

Abstract

A hundred mothers with their newborn babies, were studied, in three hospitals in the city of Porto Velho, for the evaluation of the prenatal exposure to mercury, through the study of the mercury level in the birth, the mother and newborn’s hair, mother’s blood, umbilical cord and placentas samples. The mothers answered a questionnaire, with the objective of identifying risk factors of mercury contamination and all children were subjected to the routine physical examination. The mercury analysis was carried in the Environmental Biogeochemical Laboratory of UNIR, through the spectrophotometry of atomic absorption technique, the results showed significant correlation among the total mercury concentration in the placenta and the umbilical cord, newborn hair, the mother’s blood and hair. We concluded that there was a congenit exposure, that the levels of concentration of this metal observed, in the study, didn’t affect directly on pregnantable age; but, showed significant connection between the mercury and concentration and the newborn weight , confirmed by the results found in the newborn’s hair.