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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Comparative study of mercury speciation in commercial fishes of the Brazilian Amazon

Mercury is responsible for serious episodes of environmental pollution throughout the world, especially in the Amazon. This toxicity has led regulatory agencies to focus on fish as the target organism for protecting the health of humans and other sensitive organisms. Unfortunately, in the Amazon area, different sampling strategies and the wide variety of sampling areas and fish species make it extremely difficult to determine relationships across geographic regions or over time to ascertain historical trends. 
http://scienceindex.com/stories/3937220/Comparative_study_of_mercury_speciation_in_commercial_fishes_of_the_Brazilian_Amazon.html 

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