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Millán Rocio1, Esteban Elvira, Zornoza Pilar

  • 1Departamento de Medio Ambiente, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Avenida Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain. rocio.millan@ciemat.es

Environmental Research
|March 16, 2013
PubMed
Summary

This study assesses safe agricultural land use in mercury-contaminated Almadén, Spain. Results guide crop selection for safe human and animal consumption, supporting sustainable land management.

Keywords:
AlmadénAlternative land useBioaccumulation factorCropsMercury

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