Chemical Contamination of Green Turtle ( <i>Chelonia mydas</i> ) Eggs in Peninsular Malaysia: Implications for Conservation and Public Health - Concepedia

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Chemical Contamination of Green Turtle ( <i>Chelonia mydas</i> ) Eggs in Peninsular Malaysia: Implications for Conservation and Public Health

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2009

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Jason P. van de Merwe, Mary Hodge, Henry Olszowy, Joan M. Whittier, Kamarruddin Ibrahim, Shing Yip Lee

Environmental Health Perspectives

Abstract

The concentrations of POPs and heavy metals reported in C. mydas eggs from markets in Peninsular Malaysia pose considerable risks to sea turtle conservation and human health.

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