First evidences of Amazonian wildlife feeding on petroleum-contaminated soils: A new exposure route to petrogenic compounds?
Environ Res
; 160: 514-517, 2018 01.
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| ID: mdl-29103585
ABSTRACT
Videos recorded with infrared camera traps placed in petroleum contaminated areas of the Peruvian Amazon have shown that four wildlife species, the most important for indigenous peoples' diet (lowland tapir, paca, red-brocket deer and collared peccary), consume oil-contaminated soils and water. Further research is needed to clarify whether Amazonian wildlife's geophagy can be a route of exposure to petrogenic contamination for populations living in the vicinity of oil extraction areas and relying on subsistence hunting.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Perisodáctilos
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Artiodáctilos
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Contaminantes del Suelo
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Contaminación por Petróleo
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Exposición a Riesgos Ambientales
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Conducta Alimentaria
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Cuniculidae
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Peru
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Environ Res
Año:
2018
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Article