Human and ecotoxicological impacts assessment from the Mexican oil industry in the Coatzacoalcos region, as revealed by the USEtox™ model

• Main Authors: Morales-Mora, M. A., Rodríguez-Pérez, B., Martínez-Delgadillo, S. A., Rosa-Domínguez, E., Cirilo Nolasco, Nolasco-Hipólito
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2014
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16284/1/Human.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16284/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-014-2942-4
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Human and ecotoxicological impacts were analyzed in the lower basin of the Coatzacoalcos River (Veracruz, State in Mexico). High pollution levels of contaminants from the oil industry have been reported in natural streams and the Coatzacoalcos River and in their sediments. USEtox™ model was employe...