Risk Assessment of Potential Food Chain Threats from Edible Wild Mushrooms Collected in Forest Ecosystems with Heavy Metal Pollution in Upper Silesia, Poland

In this study, the contents of selected heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Cd, Pb, Cr, and Ni) and macroelements (C, N, K, P, S, Mg, Na, and Ca) were measured in wild mushrooms growing in a heavily polluted forest ecosystem in the northeastern part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region. The research was conduc...

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Main Authors: Marek Pająk, Michał Gąsiorek, Michał Jasik, Wiktor Halecki, Krzysztof Otremba, Marcin Pietrzykowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/12/1240

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