There is no information on arsenic distribution in terrestrial invertebrates from riparian forests of urban and rural areas in Brazil. The objective of this study was to evaluate the As levels in invertebrates from riverine forests of the Piracicaba River Basin, So Paulo, Brazil, using the instrumental neutron activation analysis, k (0)-comparator method. After correction of mass fractions, values higher than 0.10 mg kg(-1) were quantified in invertebrates from both urban and agricultural areas. An unexpected As mass fraction of 13 mg kg(-1) obtained in the Coleopteran pest Macrodactylus pumilio indicated resistance to As-containing-pesticides.
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Companhia Ambiental Estado Sao Paulo CETESB, Lab Quim Inorgan, Av Prof Frederico Hermann Jr 345, BR-05459900 Sao Paulo, BrazilCompanhia Ambiental Estado Sao Paulo CETESB, Lab Quim Inorgan, Av Prof Frederico Hermann Jr 345, BR-05459900 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Franklin, R. L.
Silva, S. A.
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Companhia Ambiental Estado Sao Paulo CETESB, Lab Quim Inorgan, Av Prof Frederico Hermann Jr 345, BR-05459900 Sao Paulo, BrazilCompanhia Ambiental Estado Sao Paulo CETESB, Lab Quim Inorgan, Av Prof Frederico Hermann Jr 345, BR-05459900 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Silva, S. A.
Favaro, D. I. T.
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Inst Pesquisas Energet & Nucl IPEN CNEN SP, Lab Anal Ativacao Com Neutrons LAN CRPq, Av Prof Lineu Prestes 2242, BR-05508000 Sao Paulo, BrazilCompanhia Ambiental Estado Sao Paulo CETESB, Lab Quim Inorgan, Av Prof Frederico Hermann Jr 345, BR-05459900 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Favaro, D. I. T.
Luiz-Silva, W.
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Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Geociencias, R Joao Pandia Calogeras 51, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP, BrazilCompanhia Ambiental Estado Sao Paulo CETESB, Lab Quim Inorgan, Av Prof Frederico Hermann Jr 345, BR-05459900 Sao Paulo, Brazil