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Mengting Li, Kuanle Bao, Hongsong Wang, Youxu Dai, Shuyu Wu, Kun Yan, Shuliang Liu, Qingzheng Yuan and Jiaxing Lu
As urbanization accelerates, a growing influx of pollutants enters the sea through land runoff, posing a threat to coastal ecosystems. In this study, we systematically determined the concentrations of nutrients and heavy metals in the water and sediments...
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Adharsh Rajasekar, Raphinos Tackmore Murava, Eyram Norgbey and Xukun Zhu
This comprehensive study aimed to evaluate the water quality and sediment contamination in the Chuhe River in Nanjing. The spatial assessment of 10 samples collected in September highlighted that, in surface water, Copper (Cu) > Nickel (Ni) > Zinc (Zn) >...
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Yingyuting Li, Yili Zhang, Junyu Chen, Guangfei Yang, Haihui Li, Jinjin Wang and Wenyan Li
Yangchun City, a typical polymetallic ore distribution area in Guangdong Province (China), was selected as the research region to study the content, distribution, source, and possible impacts of heavy metals (HMs) (Arsenic: As; Cadmium: Cd; Chromium: Cr;...
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Mary Mulenga, Kennedy O. Ouma, Concillia Monde and Stephen Syampungani
Mercury (Hg) pollution remains an environmental global concern due to its non-degradable and toxic nature. Natural and anthropogenic sources of Hg adversely affect the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and biological processes. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA...
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Christine Levesque and Pat E. Rasmussen
Mercury (Hg) is one of the top ten chemicals of concern for public health, according to the World Health Organization. This study investigates Hg concentrations in house dust collected from urban single family homes, to better understand typical indoor r...
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Francesca Pasquetti, Orlando Vaselli, Giovanni Zanchetta, Barbara Nisi, Marco Lezzerini, Monica Bini and Daniela Mele
Southern Tuscany (Italy) is an important metallogenic district that hosts relevant S-polymetallic deposits that have intensely been exploited for centuries. Consequently, potential toxic elements, such as Hg and As, are widely distributed in the surround...
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Robert Siblerud, Joachim Mutter, Elaine Moore, Johannes Naumann and Harald Walach
Mercury is one of the most toxic elements and causes a multitude of health problems. It is ten times more toxic to neurons than lead. This study was created to determine if mercury could be causing Alzheimer?s disease (AD) by cross referencing the effect...
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Marta Pérez-Rodríguez, Olga Margalef, Juan Pablo Corella, Alfonso Saiz-Lopez, Sergi Pla-Rabes, Santiago Giralt and Antonio Martínez Cortizas
The study of mercury accumulation in peat cores provides an excellent opportunity to improve the knowledge on mercury cycling and depositional processes at remote locations far from pollution sources. We analyzed mercury concentrations in 150 peat sample...
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Hanna Hoglind, Sofia Eriksson and Katarina Gardfeldt
Mercury is a toxic pollutant emitted from both natural sources and through human activities. A global interest in atmospheric mercury has risen ever since the discovery of the Minamata disease in 1956. Properties of gaseous elemental mercury enable long ...
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Huijuan Tang, Zhixin Ke, Muting Yan, Wenjing Wang, Huayue Nie, Boxing Li, Jingping Zhang, Xiangrong Xu and Jun Wang
Surface sediment samples were collected from 19 sites throughout Daya Bay, China to study the concentrations, spatial distributions, potential ecological risk, and possible sources of heavy, including metals copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As), cadmium ...
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