Mercury has an atmospheric lifetime of around a year University of Oxford earth scientists report
| University of Oxford | Influencing global policy on mercury University of Oxford earth scientists with diverse expertise have combined...
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Mercury Poisoning
| BRAIN & NERVOUS SYSTEM CENTER | Medical Author: Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD | | Medical Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP,...
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In a biodiversity haven, mining drives highest ever recorded levels of mercury
| Mongabay Series: Amazon Conservation, Artisanal Mining | | by John C. Cannon on 28 February 2022 | They realized that the pathogens...
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Peruvian gold rush turns pristine rainforests into heavily polluted mercury sinks
| Eurek Alert| Peer-Reviewed Publication | | Duke University | 28-Jan-2022 | Scientists record the highest levels of atmospheric mercury...
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U.S. emissions and coal generation increased in 2021, threatening Biden's climate goals
| Washington Post - The Climate 202 Analysis | By Maxine Joselow with research by Alexandra Ellerbeck | Yesterday at 8:14 a.m. EST The...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
Amazon tribe suffers mercury contamination as illegal mining spreads
| Thomson Reuters Foundation | December 17, 2021 | | 7:54 am Education Latin America Gold | Nearly 60% of tested people in Munduruku...
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alchemist21
- Dec 18, 2021
- 2 min
Experimental lake shows fish populations can recover quickly from mercury contamination
Lengthy experiment demonstrates potential benefits from cutting air pollution. Science 15 DEC 2021 12:20 PM BYERIK STOKSTAD Mercury...
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alchemist21
- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
Climate Change Is Acidifying and Contaminating Drinking Water and Alpine Ecosystems
Scientific America By Elizabeth Miller on November 4, 2021 Hotter, drier mountains leach more metal into streams from abandoned mines and...
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alchemist21
- Oct 1, 2021
- 1 min
Rivers Are Largest Global Source of Mercury in Coastal Oceans.
BY GEOFFREY GILLER ’14 MESC Yale School of the Environment Ten rivers are responsible for half of the riverine mercury entering the...
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alchemist21
- Sep 8, 2021
- 1 min
Complete eradication of mercury in mining not possible, GGMC Commissioner says
By David Papannah and Laurel Sutherland As the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) continues to pursue the goal of achieving...
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alchemist21
- Aug 23, 2021
- 1 min
Legal mining deforested over 120,000 hectares in Colombia within less than one decade
By Joanna Kedzierska "Levels of deforestation in Colombia have significantly increased in recent years due to logging by the legal mining...
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alchemist21
- Aug 20, 2021
- 2 min
Congratulations Bahrain!
On Aug 19, 2021 the Government of Bahrain deposited its instrument of ratification becoming the 133rd Party to the Minamata Convention on...
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alchemist21
- Aug 16, 2021
- 1 min
Mercury: Get This Heavy-Metal Poison Out of Your Body
IF YOU ARE HEAVY, it could be making you sick and tired and age prematurely. And I don’t mean heavy with fat … I mean heavy with heavy...
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alchemist21
- Aug 13, 2021
- 1 min
Zarumeños call for remediation and control actions on illegal mining
A month after the sinkhole was registered in the lower part of Gonzalo Pizarro Street, which has a diameter of 40 meters and a depth of...
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alchemist21
- Aug 10, 2021
- 1 min
Mercury Observatory
In partnership with Fiocruz, CINCIA, and other institutions, WWF-Brazil has created the Mercury Observatory, which assembles studies and...
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alchemist21
- Jul 14, 2021
- 1 min
Sleeping Beauty- How suspect gold reached top brands
In the Peruvian highlands, a Swiss refinery said it had a sustainable source of artisanal gold. Prosecutors suspect its main supplier was...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Jun 24, 2021
- 2 min
Leaching gold with cassava: An option to eliminate mercury use in artisanal gold mining.
| Journal of Cleaner Production | Volume 311, 15 August 2021, 127531 | | P. Torkamana, M. M. Veiga, L. R. P. de Andrade Lima, L .A....
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Jun 6, 2021
- 3 min
The Devastating Cost of an Indonesian Export
| Asia Pacific | The New York Times | | By Richard C. Paddock | Nov. 9, 2019 | The NY Times reports that Ms. Yuyun Ismawati, an...
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alchemist21
- May 27, 2021
- 1 min
Artisanal small-scale miners mercury ore processing for jewellery, and electronics gold.
Did you know the Tuna fish caught in the Pacific Ocean contains #mercury discharged from 87 Chilean mercury cyanidation gold ore &...
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alchemist21
- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
DESCARGA DE RELAVES CONTAMINA LAS AGUAS DEL RÍO CALERA - AL OTRO LADO DE LA FRONTERA SE SUFREN...
DESCARGA DE RELAVES CONTAMINA LAS AGUAS DEL RÍO CALERA - AL OTRO LADO DE LA FRONTERA SE SUFREN LAS CONSECUENCIAS...
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