Trace Elements in Pandanus (Pandanus tectorius) from a Manganese-Enriched Wetland in Southern Guam: A Possible Lytico-Bodig Connection?

@article{Denton2009TraceEI,
  title={Trace Elements in Pandanus (Pandanus tectorius) from a Manganese-Enriched Wetland in Southern Guam: A Possible Lytico-Bodig Connection?},
  author={Gary R. W. Denton and H. Galt Siegrist and Jeanette P. JANO-EDWARDS},
  journal={Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A},
  year={2009},
  volume={72},
  pages={574 - 576}
}
Extremely high levels of manganese (Mn) were encountered in foliar tissue of the monocot tree Pandanus tectorius from southern Guam with values exceeding 10,000 μg/g dry weight in some wetland representatives. Historically, dried Pandanus leaves were used extensively as a source of domestic fiber in the local Chamorro culture. A possible link between the use of this plant and a neurodegenerative disease complex that once plagued the island and is symptomatically similar to the occupational… 
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