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Arsenic in terrestrial invertebrates from riparian areas of the Piracicaba River Basin, São Paulo State, Brazil

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There is no information on arsenic distribution in terrestrial invertebrates from riparian forests of urban and rural areas in Brazil. The objective of this study was to evaluate the As levels in invertebrates from riverine forests of the Piracicaba River Basin, São Paulo, Brazil, using the instrumental neutron activation analysis, k 0-comparator method. After correction of mass fractions, values higher than 0.10 mg kg−1 were quantified in invertebrates from both urban and agricultural areas. An unexpected As mass fraction of 13 mg kg−1 obtained in the Coleopteran pest Macrodactylus pumilio indicated resistance to As-containing-pesticides.

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The authors are thankful to the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for financial support (Process Number 555588/2006-8).

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  1. Centro Regional de Ciências Nucleares do Nordeste, Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear, Av. Professor Luiz Freire 200, Recife, 50740-545, Brazil

    Elvis J. França, Marcelo R. L. Magalhães & Mariana L. O. Santos

  2. Radioisotopes Laboratory, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Centenário 303, Piracicaba, 13416-000, Brazil

    Elisabete A. De Nadai Fernandes & Felipe Y. Fonseca

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França, E.J., De Nadai Fernandes, E.A., Fonseca, F.Y. et al. Arsenic in terrestrial invertebrates from riparian areas of the Piracicaba River Basin, São Paulo State, Brazil. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 314, 1675–1681 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5606-2

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