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Mercury from Gold and Silver Mining: A Chemical Time Bomb?

Mercury from Gold and Silver Mining: A Chemical Time Bomb?

De Lacerda, Luiz D.
Lacerda, Luiz Drude de
Salomons, Wim

Hardcover

Series: Environmental Science

Technology & EngineeringEnvironmental Studies

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ISBN10: 3540617248
ISBN13: 9783540617242
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Dec 23 1997
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.38 Depth: 9.53
Language: English
Due to its inherent characteristics, mercury contamination from gold mining is a major environmental problem compared to past mercury contamination from industrial point sources. The worsening of social-economical conditions and increasing gold prices in the late 1970s resulted in a new rush for gold by individual entrepreneurs for whom Hg amalgamation is a cheap and easily carried out operation. Even after the present-day mining areas are exhausted, the mercury left behind will remain part of the biochemical cycle of the tropical forest. This book reviews the current information on mercury from gold mining, its cycling in the environment and its long-term ecotoxicological impact. The book is illustrated with numerous diagrams and photographs.

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