Donaji J. González-Mille

TL;DR: The results of this study show the importance of determining the presence of contaminants in the environment, the bioaccumulation in tissues and their effects on exposed organisms, providing an integrated approach in assessing the health of aquatic ecosystems.

TL;DR: In this paper, an integrated health risk assessment in a mining area was performed following three steps: 1) Environmental monitoring of surface soil, 2) assessment of exposure to metals in children and native rodents, and 3) DNA damage evaluation (comet assay).

TL;DR: The results showed that the concentrations of As and Pb in soil were higher than the national regulations for urban or agricultural areas, and the need to take into account the wildlife in the assessment of contaminated sites is needed.

TL;DR: Earthworms are an appropriate organism to use as an indicator of environmental impact in contaminated sites and DNA damage recorded in the earthworms provides clear evidence of environmental impacts by the chemical industry on the wildlife of this region.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of the concentrations of heavy metals in the soil health of four municipalities of San Luis Potosi contaminated with mine tailings, using enzyme activity as a biochemical endpoint, was evaluated using Pearson's correlation and a stepwise distance-based linear model permutation test.