Marina Smidt Celere Meschede, Guilherme Sgobbi Zagui, Beatriz Smidt Celere, Gabriel Pinheiro Machado, Guilherme Gomes Silva, Danilo Vitorino Dos Santos, Jordi Sierra, Martí Nadal, José L Domingo, Susana Inés Segura Muñoz
Fish is an important source of animal protein for local communities in the Amazon basin, whose food safety must be assured. However, certain potential toxicants elements, can bioaccumulate in fish species, which inhabit anthropogenically polluted waters, ultimately posing a risk to human health. In the present study, the concentrations of nine elements (Al, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb and Zn) were determined in raw and cooked samples of eight fish species consumed in Santarém (northern Brazil, Amazon biome)...
March 6, 2024: Environmental Pollution