Tellurium enrichment in Jurassic coal, Brora, Scotland

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Potential dietary, non-metabolic accumulation of arsenic (As) in seaweed-eating sheep's teeth : Implications for archaeological studies

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A field deployable method for a rapid screening analysis of inorganic arsenic in seaweed

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Iodine in plant-based dairy products is not sufficient in the UK : a market survey

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Determination of arsenic in agricultural soil samples using High-resolution continuum source graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry and direct solid sample analysis

The authors are grateful to the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for financial support and scholarships. BW had a research scholarship from CNPq, Processo No. 303526/2016-5. The authors are also grateful to Analytik Jena for the donation of the HR-CS GF AAS Model contrAA 600 and for financial support.Peer reviewedPostprin

Selenium and other trace element mobility in waste products and weathered sediments at Parys Mountain copper mine, Anglesey, UK

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Selenium and tellurium concentrations of Carboniferous British coals

The authors wish to thank Kier Group, the British Coal Utilisation Research Association (BCURA) and Uniper (E.On) for kindly providing coal samples. The authors are grateful to Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS) for supporting this study. The authors are grateful for the thorough and constructive comments from two anonymous reviewers, as well as the careful editorial handling of Prof. Ian Somerville. This work was supported by the NERC under Grant number NE/L001764/1.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Host-Imposed Copper Poisoning Impacts Fungal Micronutrient Acquisition during Systemic Candida albicans Infections

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Selenium and tellurium resources in Kisgruva Proterozoic volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit (Norway)

The authors are extremely grateful to Kåre Kullerud of the Norsk Bergverksmuseum (Kongsberg) for sharing his wealth of knowledge of the Kisgruva site and assisting in accessibility. The authors also wish to thank Abbie Mclaughlin (University of Aberdeen) for her assistance with XRD analysis. The authors thank the anonymous reviewers for their careful reading and corrections of the manuscript. Funding This work was supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC); Minerals Security of Supply (SoS) Grant NE/M010953/1, Tellurium and Selenium Cycling and Supply (TeaSe).Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Importance of ICPMS for speciation analysis is changing : future trends for targeted and non-targeted element speciation analysis

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