#HeavyMetalContamination
🌊🧪 Sediments in Colombia’s Sinú River showed Hg, Cd & Ni up to 5× above baseline.

🌧️ Metals accumulated near the surface in dry periods, then spread deeper and into groundwater during rain.

DOI: doi.org/10.1029/2025...

Di Luccio, Diana et al.

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Heavy Metals in Soils: An Investigation of the Contaminated Floodplains Around the Sinu River, Colombia
Heavy metal contamination in the Sinú River pose a significant environmental threat Measured concentrations depend on the location and depth of the samples, and vary seasonally with rainfall due ...
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July 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM