“Methylmercury poses especially high risks for humans and large predators because it bioaccumulates in body tissue as it moves up the food chain. That’s particularly concerning given the high biodiversity and the large number of indigenous populations that live in the Peruvian Amazon,” said Jacqueline Gerson, a doctoral student in ecology at Duke University, who also co-led the study.
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