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Hidden Risk in a Common Fruit: Bananas Contaminated by Mining Disaster
The study examined the potential health risks linked to consuming cocoa and cassava grown in Linhares, a municipality located in a region affected by the Fundão dam collapse in Minas Gerais, Brazil, ten years ago. A team of researchers in soil geochemistry, environmental engineering, and health from the University of São Paulo (USP), the Federal [...]