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SUBMITTER: Nunez-Nogueira G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6388294 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Núñez-Nogueira Gabriel G Pérez-López Alejandra A Santos-Córdova Juanita María JM
International journal of environmental research and public health 20190131 3
The death of dozens of manatees <i>Trichechus manatus</i> recently in Tabasco, Mexico, has captured international attention. Speculation about possible causes include water and food contamination by metals. Although federal authorities have ruled out water chemical pollution, the cause of these deaths is still awaiting conclusive laboratory results. Present work seeks to summarize information currently available on non-essential metals and those of great toxicological relevance in Sirenia (dugon ...[more]