Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)Mar 232 minMercury Poisoning| BRAIN & NERVOUS SYSTEM CENTER | Medical Author: Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD | | Medical Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP,...
Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)Mar 152 minAmazon 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...
Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)Feb 282 minFrom 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...
Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)Feb 252 minPeruvian 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...
Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)Feb 92 minThe 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...
Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)Jan 202 minChemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists.Guardian Damian Carrington Environment editor Tue 18 Jan 2022 08.00 GMT Study calls for cap on production and release as pollution...
Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)Jan 122 minU.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...
Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)Jan 62 minWildfires Are Fueling a Toxic Combo of Air PollutantsSCIENTIFIC AMERICA - POLLUTION The 2020 fire season subjected half the western U.S. population to a stew of particulate matter and ozone....
Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)Dec 21, 20212 minAmazon 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...
alchemist21Dec 18, 20212 minExperimental lake shows fish populations can recover quickly from mercury contaminationLengthy experiment demonstrates potential benefits from cutting air pollution. Science 15 DEC 2021 12:20 PM BYERIK STOKSTAD Mercury...
alchemist21Dec 14, 20212 minCongratulations SpainDec. 13, 2021 the Government of Spain deposited its instrument of ratification becoming the 137th Party to the #MinamataConvention on...
alchemist21Dec 14, 20212 minCongratulations AustraliaDec. 7, 2021 the Government of Australia deposited its instrument of ratification becoming the 136th Party to the #MinamataConvention on...
Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)Dec 3, 20212 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...
alchemist21Nov 23, 20212 minWhy Responsible Artisanal & Small-Scale Gold Mining Matters, for People & the EnvironmentArtisanal and small-scale mining accounts for 20 percent of the global supply of gold and currently generates a combined $25-30 billion...
alchemist21Nov 10, 20212 minGEF PRESS RELEASE Donors pledge $413 million to help most vulnerable cope with climate crisisNovember 9, 2021 In a show of support for those most at risk from climate change, 12 donor governments have pledged $413 million in new...
alchemist21Nov 10, 20212 minClimate Change Is Acidifying and Contaminating Drinking Water and Alpine EcosystemsScientific America By Elizabeth Miller on November 4, 2021 Hotter, drier mountains leach more metal into streams from abandoned mines and...
alchemist21Nov 2, 20212 minMinamata 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...
alchemist21Nov 2, 20212 minFirst 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...
alchemist21Oct 29, 20213 minWhy 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...
alchemist21Oct 26, 20212 minBluefin tuna reveal global patterns of mercury pollution and bioavailability in the world's oceansRESEARCH ARTICLE PNAS September 21, 2021 118 (38) e2111205118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111205118 Bluefin tuna (BFT) is an apex...