Reprint
Atmospheric Mercury Monitoring, Analysis, and Chemistry
New Insights and Progress toward Minamata Convention Goals
Edited by
April 2021
142 pages
- ISBN978-3-0365-0774-3 (Hardback)
- ISBN978-3-0365-0775-0 (PDF)
This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Atmospheric Mercury Monitoring, Analysis, and Chemistry: New Insights and Progress toward Minamata Convention Goals that was published in
Chemistry & Materials Science
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Summary
Mercury is a toxic global contaminant that is transported through the atmosphere, is deposited in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and concentrates up the food chain, reaching levels that can harm both humans and wildlife. This book reports the latest findings describing the distribution, deposition, and measurement of this airborne pollutant as well as the human and environmental impacts of artisanal mining of mercury and gold. The research originates from around the world and highlights the importance of atmospheric mercury research and the Minamata Convention on Mercury, a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions of mercury.
Format
- Hardback
License
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
mercury; artisanal and small-scale gold mining; amalgam; Minamata Convention on Mercury; gold shop; atmospheric mercury; traceable determination; iodinated activated carbon; thermal fractionation; atmospheric mercury; gaseous elemental mercury; passive air sampler; MerPAS®; seasonal trend; spatial trend; Gulf of Mexico; Grand Bay; Hg wet deposition flux; VWM Hg concentrations; Chongming; anthropogenic emissions; meteorological condition; air pollution; moss biomonitoring; potentially toxic elements; mercury; CV–AAS; Macedonia; dry deposition; wet deposition; wet sampler; agricultural field burning; AIRPACT; primary artisanal mercury mining; Mexico; Hg trade data; atmospheric mercury concentrations; Minamata Convention; cation exchange membrane; denuder; dual channel system; mist chamber; nylon membrane; n/a