Heavy metal contamination in duck eggs from a mercury mining area, southwestern China

• Main Authors: Xiaoling Guo (Author), Zhuhong Wang (Author), Xue Li (Author), Jing Liao (Author), Xue Zhang (Author), Yulin Ran (Author), Qixin Wu (Author), Ting Zhang (Author), Zhongwei Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ObjectiveMercury (Hg) contamination in the environment around mercury mines is often accompanied by heavy metal contamination.MethodsHere, we determined concentrations of chromium (Cr), zinc (Zn), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), and lead (Pb) in duck eggs from a Hg mining area in Southwest China to ass...