Browsing by Subject "Mercury"
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ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF LOWER NATIONAL MERCURY AND LEAD REPORTING THRESHOLDS
(2007-05)After a pair of toxic releases in Bhopal, India and Institute, West Virginia in the 1980s, environmental groups and members of the public demanded more information on toxic chemical releases into the community. As a result, ... -
Association of mercury exposure with blood pressure among adults near artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru.
(2019-04-26)There have been few studies investigating the association between mercury exposure and blood pressure, with inconsistent results. In this study, the association between hair mercury concentration with mean arterial pressure ... -
BIO-ECONOMIC MODELING OF CONTAMINATED BLUEFIN TUNA AND ATLANTIC MACKEREL FISHERIES DYNAMICS
(2009-04-23)Following the discovery of acute mercury toxicity from seafood consumption in the 1950s and subsequent research into mercury in the environment, scientists and managers now recognize the health threats of mercury poisoning ... -
Biogeochemical Transformations of Trace Element Pollutants During Coal Combustion Product Disposal
(2015)Coal fired power plants generate approximately 45% of the electricity produced in the United States every year, and each year, over 100 million tons of coal ash are produced as a by-product of electricity generation. Coal ... -
Development of Nanosensor to Detect Mercury and Volatile Organic Vapors
(2010)The properties of nanoparticle sensors intended for real- time monitoring of low concentration of elemental mercury (Hg) vapor and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are presented and discussed. This sensor for mercury vapors ... -
Developmental toxicity from exposure to various forms of mercury compounds in medaka fish (Oryzias latipes) embryos.
(PeerJ, 2016)This study examined developmental toxicity of different mercury compounds, including some used in traditional medicines. Medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryos were exposed to 0.001-10 µM concentrations of MeHg, HgCl2, α-HgS (Zhu ... -
Distribution, Transport, and Control of Mercury Released from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Madre de Dios, Peru
(2016)Mercury (Hg) is a globally circulating heavy metal released through both natural and anthropogenic sources. The largest anthropogenic source of mercury to the global atmosphere is artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). ... -
Effects of Toxic Metal Exposures and Their Mixtures on Adverse Health Outcomes in the Peruvian Amazon
(2022)Non-essential trace metals (lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium) are ubiquitous in our environment and have overlapping routes of exposure, yet mixed trace metal exposures are rarely considered in epidemiological studies. ... -
Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: global prices, deforestation, and mercury imports.
(PLoS One, 2011-04-19)Many factors such as poverty, ineffective institutions and environmental regulations may prevent developing countries from managing how natural resources are extracted to meet a strong market demand. Extraction for some ... -
Legacy source of mercury in an urban stream-wetland ecosystem in central North Carolina, USA.
(Chemosphere, 2015-11)In the United States, aquatic mercury contamination originates from point and non-point sources to watersheds. Here, we studied the contribution of mercury in urban runoff derived from historically contaminated soils and ... -
Mercury Capture in North Carolina as a Co-Benefit of Phase II of the Acid Rain Program
(2006)Mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants pose environmental and public health concerns in North Carolina. Once converted to methylmercury in aquatic environments, mercury compounds can bioaccumulate in fish and other ... -
Potential health risks of trace elements in adobe brick houses in a historical mining town: Potosí, Bolivia
(2015-04-21)The objectives of this study were to investigate trace elements in adobe houses and to characterize potential health risks from children’s exposure in Potosí, Bolivia. The city of Potosí sits at the base of the Cerro Rico ...
