DYNAMICS OF MERCURY POLLUTION ON REGIONAL AND GLOBAL SCALES: Atmospheric Processes and Human Exposures Around the World

Nicola Pirrone & Kathryn R. Mahaffey

Penerbit : Springer Science+Business Media. LLC

Tahun : 2006

in the global biogeochemical mercury cycle. Recent advances in the understanding of mercury kinetics in the atmosphere are described.The fourth section includes six studies on ’Human Exposure', reviewing studies reports on different populations from around the world, as well as methods for assessing mercury exposure. The major risks associated with high and extreme cases of mercury exposure are described.The last section provides seven 'Regional Case Studies', for regions where substantial research on the fate of mercury in the environment has been carried out including, the Mediterranean Basin, North and North-Eastern Europe, the Polar regions, the Great Lakes and the North-Eastern U.S., Florida, Asia (particularly China), and the area covered by EMEP, the UNECE-Long Range Transport Convention reference area for Europe.

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