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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
9783642587931
(Number (ISBN
9783642637346
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b407339
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Mercury from Gold and Silver Mining: A Chemical Time Bomb?
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
by Luiz D. Lacerda, Wim Salomons.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Imprint: Springer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1998.
SERIES
Series Title
Environmental Science,
ISSN of Series
1863-5520
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The use of mercury amalgamation in gold and silver mining -- Estimating losses of mercury to the environment -- Mercury in the atmosphere -- Mercury in tropical aquatic and terrestrial systems -- Mercury in biota -- Mercury contamination of humans in gold and silver mining areas -- Perspectives on the temporal development of mercury inputs into the environment.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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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9783642637346
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Springer eBooks
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Environmental sciences.
Environmental toxicology.
Mineralogy.
Mines and mineral resources.
Soil conservation.
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Lacerda, Luiz D.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Salomons, Wim.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
SpringerLink (Online service)
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20190307155600.0
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