“Mercury and Selenium Levels in Fish Decrease 20 Months After Mine-Tailing Spill in Mexico’s SE Gulf of California, Indicating Effective Cleaning Operations but Requiring Prolonged Recovery Period and No Non-Cancer Risk for Consumption”

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38117398

Twenty months after a mine-tailing spill in Mexico’s SE Gulf of California, reduced mercury and selenium levels in fish indicate that cleaning operations were effective, but a prolonged recovery period is needed, and consumption of these fish poses no non-cancer risk for mercury or selenium.