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Reply to: Improper estimation of lead contamination

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replying to D. Papoulias Nature Sustainability https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00611-4 (2020)

In our Article1, we evaluated anthropogenic lead (Pb) pollution in wild game in the Peruvian Amazon. We identified the main sources of Pb using its isotopic ratios in wild game livers and appraised the magnitude of Pb pollution by analysing the Pb concentrations in those livers.

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  1. Facultat de Ciències i Tecnologia, Universitat Central de Catalunya–Universitat de Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

    Martí Orta-Martínez

  2. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

    Martí Orta-Martínez, Mar Cartró-Sabaté & Antoni Rosell-Melé

  3. Instituto de Geografía, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

    Martí Orta-Martínez

  4. Department de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

    Pedro Mayor

  5. Museo de Culturas Indígenas Amazónicas, Iquitos, Peru

    Pedro Mayor

  6. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Produção Animal na Amazônia, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Belém, Brazil

    Pedro Mayor

  7. Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

    Antoni Rosell-Melé

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M.O.-M., P.M. and A.R.-M. conceived the study. M.O.-M., P.M., M.C.-S. and A.R.-M. conducted the field work, analysed the data and wrote the manuscript.

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