[Surveillance of heavy metal pollution of mangrove oysters in Senegal].
Joal-Fadiouth, located in department of Mbour (region of Thies), 118 kilometers from Dakar, the capital of Senegal, is an area where one can find a large swamp with mangroves whose self-propagating roots serve as growth support for young oysters. The importance of those oysters, both on the domestic and foreign markets and the ever greater threat of pollution of our coasts led us to search for and measure out heavy metals. In fact, it is well know that the accumulation of those elements in the food chain can be at the origin of severe poisoning. It appears, in the light of the results obtained that the level of pollution by heavy metals in this part of the senegalese coast has not yet reached alarming limits.
Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique et Toxicologie, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Dakar.
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Niane
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Diouf
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Willer
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Ndour
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Ciss
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D000818:Animals; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis; D005506:Food Contamination; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis*; D010125:Ostreidae; D012675:Senegal; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis
D008670:Metals; D002104:Cadmium; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc
Surveillance de la pollution par les métaux lourds des huîtres de palétuviers du Sénégal.