Pollution of Lake Titicaca - Peru, South America

Lake worshipped by Incans now littered with trash
(Franklin BRICENO, Associated Press; March 2, 2017)
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a5b68583268b4f7ca85dd9ea4bb6a32a/lake-worshipped-incans-now-littered-trash

Losing the Sacred Lake:  Environmental Degradation of Lake Titicaca and the Impact on Surrounding Indigenous Communities
(Alexander MONTORO, Ayniglobal.org; December 14, 2014)
http://ayniglobal.org/losing-the-sacred-lake-environmental-degradation-of-lake-titicaca-and-the-impact-on-its-surrounding-indigenous-communities/

Selected Publications:


 Pb pollution from leaded gasoline in South America in the context of a 2000-year metallurgical history
(EICHER et al., 2015)
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/2/e1400196/tab-pdf

Fractionation of heavy metals and assessment of contamination of the sediments of Lake Titicaca
(CÁCERES CHOQUE et al., 2013)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Oswaldo_Ramos_Ramos/publication/256291140_Fractionation_of_heavy_metals_and_assessment_of_contamination_of_the_sediments_of_Lake_Titicaca/links/54523c9f0cf2bf864cbb3483.pdf

Late Quaternary Spatio-temporal Limnological Variations in the Altiplano of Bolivia and Peru 
(WIRRMANN and MOURGUIART, 1995)
http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/b_fdi_35-36/42474.pdf


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