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    Mercury Poisoning
    Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
    • Mar 23
    • 2 min

    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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    Amazon rainforest nears tipping point that may see it become savannah
    Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
    • Mar 15
    • 2 min

    Amazon rainforest nears tipping point that may see it become savannah

    | New Scientist | Environment | 7 March 2022 | | By Adam Vaughan | More than three-quarters of the world's largest rainforest has become...
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    Amazon rainforest reaching tipping point, researchers say
    Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
    • Mar 8
    • 2 min

    Amazon rainforest reaching tipping point, researchers say

    | BBC | Science | Climate Change | 19 hours ago | | By Helen Briggs Environment correspondent | "The trees are losing health and could be...
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    In a biodiversity haven, mining drives highest ever recorded levels of mercury
    Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
    • Mar 1
    • 2 min

    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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    From Wall Street to the Amazon: Big capital funds mining-driven deforestation
    Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
    • Feb 28
    • 2 min

    From Wall Street to the Amazon: Big capital funds mining-driven deforestation

    | Mongabay Series: Indigenous Peoples and Conservation, Land rights and extractives | | by Jenny Gonzales on 22 February 2022 | Major...
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    Peruvian gold rush turns pristine rainforests into heavily polluted mercury sinks
    Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
    • Feb 25
    • 2 min

    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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    Prince William's speech at the Earthshot Prize Innovation Showcase in Dubai
    Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
    • Feb 16
    • 2 min

    Prince William's speech at the Earthshot Prize Innovation Showcase in Dubai

    | Earthshot Prize | 16 February 2022 | “We must make this the decade of the Earthshot. A decade where we all respond with urgency and...
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    The illegal Brazilian gold you may be wearing
    Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
    • Feb 9
    • 2 min

    The illegal Brazilian gold you may be wearing

    | BBC News | Latin America & Caribbean | | February 02, 2022 | A special task force in Brazil is conducting raids deep in the Amazon, in...
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    Biden Administration to Reinstate Mercury Pollution Rules Weakened Under Trump
    Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
    • Feb 3
    • 2 min

    Biden Administration to Reinstate Mercury Pollution Rules Weakened Under Trump

    | The New York Times | January 31, 2021 | | By Coral Davenport | Quotable: “Sound science makes it clear that we need to limit mercury...
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    "It’s as if we’re in Mad Max’: warnings for Amazon as goldmining dredges occupy river"
    Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
    • Dec 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    "It’s as if we’re in Mad Max’: warnings for Amazon as goldmining dredges occupy river"

    | Guardian | | Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro | Wed 24 Nov 2021 17.04 GMT | “They’re making a gram of gold an hour down there,” one...
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    Air pollution is cutting more years from people's lives than smoking, war or HIV/AIDS
    Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
    • Sep 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Air pollution is cutting more years from people's lives than smoking, war or HIV/AIDS

    | By Sheena McKenzie, CNN | | Updated 5:47 PM ET, Wed September 1, 2021 | The report's authors said that air pollution was primarily...
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    A Fragile Stage: Air Pollution's Impact on Newborns
    Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
    • Jun 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    A Fragile Stage: Air Pollution's Impact on Newborns

    Exposure to outdoor (ambient) and indoor (household) particulate air pollution places our youngest infants at increased health risk. A...
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    Leaching gold with cassava: An option to eliminate mercury use in artisanal gold mining.
    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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    Mercury has an atmospheric lifetime of around a year University of Oxford earth scientists report
    Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
    • Jan 7, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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