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Heavy Metal Contamination in Birds from Protected Regions in the Amazon.

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Title: Heavy Metal Contamination in Birds from Protected Regions in the Amazon.
Authors: Loera, Yeraldi1 (AUTHOR) yeraldiloera@gmail.com, Gruppi, Cristian2 (AUTHOR), Swing, Kelly3,4 (AUTHOR), Campbell‐Staton, Shane C.1 (AUTHOR), Milá, Borja5 (AUTHOR), Smith, Thomas B.2,6 (AUTHOR)
Source: Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. Dec2024, Vol. 43 Issue 12, p2601-2607. 7p.
Subjects: Heavy metals, Pollution, Environmental toxicology, Environmental chemistry, Petroleum, Bird populations, Animal populations
Abstract: The extraction of crude oil and gold has substantially increased heavy metal contamination in the environment, yet the study of wildlife exposure and biological response to this pollution remains nascent even in the most biodiverse places in the world. We present a survey of heavy metal exposure in the feathers of wedge‐billed woodcreepers (Glyphorynchus spirurus), a resident neotropical bird found within protected regions of the Amazon near oil and gold extraction sites. Our results show elevated heavy metal contamination in samples collected from protected areas proximate to known oil and gold extraction. Surprisingly, several samples from remote reference sites also displayed elevated levels of various heavy metals, suggesting a background of natural deposition or complex heavy metal contamination in the environment from anthropogenic sources. These results highlight the need to understand the ecological and biological impacts of increased heavy metal exposure on wildlife across space and time, including remote regions of the world purportedly untouched by these human‐mediated stressors. Toward this goal, historical and contemporary data from native bird populations may provide crucial indicators for heavy metal contamination and exposure in wildlife and human communities. Environ Toxicol Chem 2024;43:2601–2607. © 2024 The Author(s). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of SETAC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:The extraction of crude oil and gold has substantially increased heavy metal contamination in the environment, yet the study of wildlife exposure and biological response to this pollution remains nascent even in the most biodiverse places in the world. We present a survey of heavy metal exposure in the feathers of wedge‐billed woodcreepers (Glyphorynchus spirurus), a resident neotropical bird found within protected regions of the Amazon near oil and gold extraction sites. Our results show elevated heavy metal contamination in samples collected from protected areas proximate to known oil and gold extraction. Surprisingly, several samples from remote reference sites also displayed elevated levels of various heavy metals, suggesting a background of natural deposition or complex heavy metal contamination in the environment from anthropogenic sources. These results highlight the need to understand the ecological and biological impacts of increased heavy metal exposure on wildlife across space and time, including remote regions of the world purportedly untouched by these human‐mediated stressors. Toward this goal, historical and contemporary data from native bird populations may provide crucial indicators for heavy metal contamination and exposure in wildlife and human communities. Environ Toxicol Chem 2024;43:2601–2607. © 2024 The Author(s). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of SETAC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:07307268
DOI:10.1002/etc.5984