Retraction notice to “Biotransfer of heavy metals along the soil-plant-edible insect-human food chain in Africa” [Sci. Total Environ. 881(2023) 163150] (Science of the Total Environment (2023) 881, (S0048969723017692), (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163150))
Abstract
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors. Concerns were raised regarding the unrealistic concentrations mentioned throughout the article. The corresponding author was contacted for comment about these concerns but was unable to provide a suitable explanation. The Editors have therefore lost confidence in the reliability of the findings presented in this article as a whole.
This paper has been withdrawn.