Jose G. Dorea

Jose G. Dorea is a professor at the University of Brasilia's department of nutritional sciences. He obtained his DVM from the Rural University of Pernambuco, and has an MS and a PhD from the University of Massachusetts in Nutritional Biochemistry. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed papers, mostly in the field of heavy metals toxicology. He has provided consulting services to the International Atomic Energy Agency, and serves as an editor of a number of scientific journals, including the Journal of Pediatric Biochemistry. Dorea has published a number of papers regarding the safety of thimerosal-containing vaccines.
In addition, Dorea has 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.

Selected publications

• Redford, K. H.; Dorea, J. G. (2009). "The nutritional value of invertebrates with emphasis on ants and termites as food for mammals". Journal of Zoology. 203 (3): 385. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1984.tb02339.x. 
• c. Barbosa, W. J.; Jardim, W.; Dórea, J. G.; Fosberg, B.; Souza, J. (2001). "Hair Mercury Speciation as a Function of Gender, Age, and Body Mass Index in Inhabitants of the Negro River Basin, Amazon, Brazil". Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 40 (3): 439–444. doi:10.1007/s002440010195. PMID 11443378. 
• Dorea, J. G. (2007). "Mercury and lead during breast-feeding". British Journal of Nutrition. 92 (1): 21–40. doi:10.1079/BJN20041163. PMID 15230985.