SS Fish Present Abnormalities After Mariana's Disaster, Reveals Study

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Researchers identified on the coast of Espírito Santo the highest rate of anomalies in coastal fish already registered in Brazil. Of the 38 structures analyzed in specimens of the species Stellifer naso, 23 presented deformities — the equivalent of 60.5% of the sample. The animals were collected in May 2022, at the mouth of the Rio São Mateus, near Conceição da Barra and São Mateus, and the main hypothesis is that they were caused by the discard…