Mercury Poisoning
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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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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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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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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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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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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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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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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Jan 6, 2021
- 2 min
UK Super Rock Star Robbie Williams 'almost died' from mercury poisoning over seafood habit
| Yahoo Entertainment UK | December 17, 2020 | | By Katie Archer | Robbie Williams has shared a fishy tale about his brush with death...
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