Research findings on Environmental Pollution are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting from Cartagena, Spain, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "Mercury releases from artisanal and small-scale gold mines (ASGM) condense and settle on plants, soils and water bodies. We collected soil and plant samples to add knowledge to the likely transfer of Hg from soils into plants and eventually predict Hg accumulation in livestock around ASGM in Bolivia."
The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Technical University, "Mean contents of Hg in soils range from 0.5 to 48.6 mg Hg kg(-1) soil (5 x to 60 x more compared to control sites) and exceeded the soil Hg threshold levels in some European countries. The Hg contents ranged from 0.6 to 18 and 0.2 to 28.3 mg Hg kg(-1) leaf and root, respectively. The high Hg in Poaceae and Rosaceae may elevate Hg accumulation into the food chain because llama and alpaca solely thrive on these plants for food."
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