“…Studies based on environmental samples also evidenced heavy metal contamination of ecosystems in Caatinga, Cerrado, and Pantanal due to multiple anthropogenic activities (e.g., pesticide use, mining and industrial activities, urbanization, wildfires) [ [45] , [46] , [47] , [48] , [49] , [50] , [51] ]. Heavy metal pollution in a given biome may have more extensive impacts than anticipated.…”