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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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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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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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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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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Wildfires Are Fueling a Toxic Combo of Air Pollutants
SCIENTIFIC AMERICA - POLLUTION The 2020 fire season subjected half the western U.S. population to a stew of particulate matter and ozone....
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Dec 21, 2021
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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
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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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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Dec 3, 2021
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"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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alchemist21
- Nov 10, 2021
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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
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
Minamata COP-4 opportunity & celebration “global commitment to putting mercury pollution to an End"
02 NOV 2021 The first segment of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-4) takes...
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alchemist21
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
First Person: Telling the tragic story of mercury poisoning in Japan- Minamata(cop)4
UN News Global perspective Human stories 30 October 2021 Health Masami Ogata is a survivor of Minamata Disease, a debilitating illness...
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alchemist21
- Oct 29, 2021
- 3 min
Why must Bolivia’s Ese ejja communities stop eating fish?
Rocío Lloret Céspedes August 18, 2021 In the extreme west of Bolivia’s Beni department, north of the capital La Paz, Amazonian forests...
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alchemist21
- Oct 26, 2021
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Bluefin tuna reveal global patterns of mercury pollution and bioavailability in the world's oceans
RESEARCH ARTICLE PNAS September 21, 2021 118 (38) e2111205118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111205118 Bluefin tuna (BFT) is an apex...
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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
- Sep 2, 2021
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AIR QUALITY LIFE INDEX® | SEPTEMBER 2021 Annual Update
By Ken Lee and Michael Greenstone Click to Read the Report SUMMARY Climate Change is Exacerbating Air Pollution. Air Pollution is a...
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