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Mercury Toxicity Challenges and Solutions
This book presents mercury toxicity with respect to remediation and health issues. It covers sources of mercury contamination, its impact on human...
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Health Risks of Mercury
Mercury is a very toxic volatile chemical pollutant and non-essential metal in the human body. Mercury is widely distributed in the environment,...
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Mercury Toxicity Mitigation: Sustainable Nexus Approach
Mercury is a naturally occurring element that is toxic in nature. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the safe limit of mercury ion...
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Mercury pollution risks of agricultural soils and crops in mercury mining areas in Guizhou Province, China: effects of large mercury slag piles
The historical large mercury slag piles still contain high concentrations of mercury and their impact on the surrounding environment has rarely been...
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Arsenic and mercury exposure in different insect trophic guilds from mercury mining areas in Mexico
The exposure to arsenic and mercury in various insect trophic guilds from two mercury mining sites in Mexico was assessed. The two study sites were...
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Mercury Remediation: Easing Biochar Approach
Mercury is considered one of the toxic pollutants that are present in the environment through natural or anthropogenic additions. Mercury in...
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Experimental Study on Mercury Removal from Cyanide Leaching Solution of a Mercury Containing Gold Mine by Sulfide Precipitation Method
The high concentration of mercury in the leaching solution of a certain mercury containing gold mine results in the generation of mercury vapor...
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Health Risk Linked to Mercury Toxicity in Food and Environment
Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that poses significant risks to human health. The toxicity of mercury to humans depends on the specific form of...
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The Mediterranean Mercury Anomaly, a Geochemical or a BiologocalIssue
This chapter deals with the distribution and speciation of mercury in the water column, sediment and biota of both the Western and Eastern Basins of...
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Effects of Mercury: Neurological and Cellular Perspective
Mercury is a highly hazardous heavy metal that has no recognised biological use in the human body. It exists in three forms viz. Elemental mercury,...
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Preparation of Nano Iron Oxides and Study on Mercury Removal
The hydrothermal method was used to prepare nano iron oxides, SEM, XRD and BET analysis were used to characterize the synthesized material. And their...
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Mercury and artisanal and small-scale gold mining: Review of global use estimates and considerations for promoting mercury-free alternatives
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is present in over 80 countries, employing about 15 million miners and serving as source of livelihood...
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Environmental Mercury Toxicity and Its Bioremediation
Mercury (Hg) finds the 80th position in the periodic table and exists in its various physical and chemical states. It is a heavy metal and serves as...
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Effects of Composted Agricultural Organic Materials on Mercury Methylation in Paddy Soil and Mercury Enrichment in Rice
Many studies have shown that returning fresh straw to the field can promote mercury accumulation in crops; therefore, it is necessary to find an...
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A Review of Mercury Contamination in Water and Its Impact on Public Health
Mercury is a toxic heavy metal that can have significant health impacts on humans and other organisms. Mercury can enter the environment through...
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Applications of Different Treatment Technologies for Mercury Removal From Soil, Waste, and Water
Mercury is a highly hazardous heavy metal that can have significant environmental and health impacts. Mercury contamination can occur in soil, waste,...
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Mercury Adsorption Using Biowaste Biochar: A Green Technology Approach
Mercury (Hg) is a grave environmental pollutant that poses a major global threat to human life. It is one of the ten “chemicals of concern” according...
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Study on the Distribution and Occurrence of Mercury in Songhe Coal Mine
The mercury content in Songhe coal mine was determined by aqua regia water bath ablation-atomic fluorescence photometry, and the fugitive state of...
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Low mercury concentrations in a Greenland glacial fjord attributed to oceanic sources
As the role of the Greenland Ice Sheet in the Arctic mercury (Hg) budget draws scrutiny, it is crucial to understand mercury cycling in glacial...
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An evaluation of fish and invertebrate mercury concentrations in the Caribbean Region
Mercury is a ubiquitous pollutant of global concern but the threat of exposure is not homogenously distributed at local, regional, or global scales....
