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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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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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
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
Congratulations Spain
Dec. 13, 2021 the Government of Spain deposited its instrument of ratification becoming the 137th Party to the #MinamataConvention on...
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alchemist21
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
Congratulations Australia
Dec. 7, 2021 the Government of Australia deposited its instrument of ratification becoming the 136th Party to the #MinamataConvention on...
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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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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
- 2 min
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
- Oct 22, 2021
- 2 min
Rivers Dump Mercury into Coastal Fisheries
Most of the pollutant arrives at the coasts by river By Elise Cutts | Scientific American November 2021 Issue Rivers may carry as much as...
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alchemist21
- Oct 19, 2021
- 2 min
Mercury human health threats and biodiversity costs from this deadly global crisis - A Solution
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, October 17, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- NEWS PROVIDED BY Alchemy Mining Group Inc. October 18, 2021,...
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alchemist21
- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
congratulations Poland
Sept. 30, 2021 the Government of Poland deposited its instrument of ratification becoming the 135th Party to the #MinamataConvention on...
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alchemist21
- Oct 1, 2021
- 1 min
congratulations Iraq.
Sept. 16, 2021 the Government of Iraq deposited its instrument of ratification becoming the 134th Party to the #MinamataConvention on...
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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 2, 2021
- 2 min
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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alchemist21
- Aug 31, 2021
- 1 min
How To Tell If Mercury Toxicity Is The Cause Of Your Mysterious Symptoms
Written by Elizabeth Boham, MD "Mercury can affect nearly all your organs, especially the brain, heart, kidneys, and gut, and many...
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