Jose G. Dorea

Jose G. Dorea (October 8, 1944 – May 25, 2023) was a professor at the University of Brasília's department of nutritional sciences. He obtained his DVM from the Rural University of Pernambuco, and an MS and a PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Nutritional Biochemistry. He published over 170 peer-reviewed papers, mostly in the field of heavy metals toxicology. He provided consulting services to the International Atomic Energy Agency, and served as an editor of a number of scientific journals, including the Journal of Pediatric Biochemistry. Dorea published a number of papers regarding the safety of thimerosal-containing vaccines.

In addition, Dorea conducted research concluding that miners in the Amazon exposed to the mercury used to extract gold did not suffer from mercury poisoning as a result.

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