Mercury from Gold and Silver Mining: A Chemical Time Bomb?
Author:   Luiz Drude de Lacerda ,  Wim Salomons ,  A. Weissbach ,  H. Boeddicker
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
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9783540617242


Pages:   156
Publication Date:   December 1997
Format:   Hardback
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Mercury from Gold and Silver Mining: A Chemical Time Bomb?


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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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Author:   Luiz Drude de Lacerda ,  Wim Salomons ,  A. Weissbach ,  H. Boeddicker
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9783540617242


ISBN 10:   3540617248
Pages:   156
Publication Date:   December 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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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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