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ArticleToxics2023

Trace Metal Accumulation in Rats Exposed to Mine Waters: A Case Study, Bor Area (Serbia).

Ion Valeriu Caraba, Marioara Nicoleta Caraba, Delia Hutanu, Adrian Sinitean, Gabi Dumitrescu, Roxana Popescu

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Article in Toxics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ion Valeriu CarabaFaculty of Bioengineering of Animal Resources, University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara, Calea Aradului, 119, 300645 Timisoara, Romania.
Marioara Nicoleta CarabaDepartment Biology-Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, West University of Timisoara, Pestalozzi 16, 300315 Timisoara, Romania.
Delia HutanuDepartment Biology-Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, West University of Timisoara, Pestalozzi 16, 300315 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1335-6845
Adrian SiniteanDepartment Biology-Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, West University of Timisoara, Pestalozzi 16, 300315 Timisoara, Romania.
Gabi DumitrescuFaculty of Bioengineering of Animal Resources, University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara, Calea Aradului, 119, 300645 Timisoara, Romania.
Roxana PopescuANAPATMOL Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-9387-1141

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Abstract

Zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), cadmium (Cd), and lead (Pb) levels were measured in the Bor City water supply system (control) and two watercourses exposed to mining wastewaters, i.e., the Lutarica River (one site) and the Kriveljska River (two sites). The same parameters were determined in the brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys, and testes of male Wistar rats given water from these sources for 2 months. Water Cu, Fe, Cd, and Pb were outside the safe range, excepting the reference site. Significant impacts on intra-organ metal homeostasis were detected, especially in the brain, stomach, kidneys, and testes. The dynamics and magnitude of these changes (versus controls) depended on the target organ, analyzed metal, and water origin. The greatest number of significant intra-organ associations between essential and non-essential metals were found for Cd-Zn, Cd-Cu, and Cd-Mn. A regression analysis suggested the kidneys as the most relevant organ for monitoring water manganese, and the stomach and brain for lead. These results highlight the environmental risks associated with mining wastewaters from the Bor area and could help scientists in mapping the spatial distribution and severity of trace metal contamination in water sources.

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Bor mining areaenvironmental riskmining wastewaterstrace metalswater contamination

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PMCPMC10748338

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