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Uptake of Cu, Hg, and As in wild vegetation, associated to surface water in the Copiapó valley, before the 2015 alluvium

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In an annual monitoring in the Copiapó valley, the concentration of Cu, Hg, and As in sediments was related to environmental transfer processes, these elements also being present in surface water. The goal was to evaluate the uptake of the mentioned elements in wild plants of the Copiapó Valley, to determine if these species could be indicator plants to prevent environmental risks in local agriculture. From the same monitoring, the uptake of the elements was determined in wild plants growing near the irrigation channels; canopy of Tessaria absinthioides, Equisetum giganteum, Arundo donax, Melilotus indicus, Cortaderia rudiscula, and Sarcocornia neei was analyzed for the same elements. These plants were able to uptake Cu, Hg and As in concentration between 19 and 4674.5 times the environmental limits allowed for edible plants. This result shows that crop plants can also capture contaminants elements due to the frequency of irrigation. These plants can be used as indicators for the diagnosis of capture of the pollutants elements by plants and to prevent environmental hazards to human health in agricultural products from the Copiapó valley.

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Thanks to the Universidad de Atacama for the financing and logistical support through the Regional Center for Research and Sustainable Development of Atacama (CRIDESAT) and the Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Technological, IDICTEC). Thanks to the Center for Research in Biodiversity and Sustainable Environments (Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ambientes Sostenibles, CIBAS) of the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, for the professional support and in the management of the project and the publication.

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Sepúlveda, B., Rojos, S., Silva, W. et al. Uptake of Cu, Hg, and As in wild vegetation, associated to surface water in the Copiapó valley, before the 2015 alluvium. Environ Geochem Health 45, 137–149 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-022-01296-8

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