scholarly journals Environmental mercury contamination around a chlor-alkali plant

1984 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 439-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Lodenius ◽  
Esa Tulisalo
Keyword(s):  
Mercury Contamination

Methyl mercury in the dutch rhine delta

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 213-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik Pieters ◽  
Victor Geuke
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Matter ◽  
Methyl Mercury ◽  
Mercury Contamination ◽  
Benthic Organisms ◽  
Considerable Decrease ◽  
Continuous Sedimentation ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
High Level ◽  
Almost All

Samples of yellow eel from various locations in the Dutch Rhine area have been analyzed for trend monitoring of mercury since 1977. In the western Rhine delta mercury levels in eels have hardly changed since the seventies, whereas in the eastern part of the Dutch Rhine area a considerable decrease of mercury concentrations in eel has occurred. Because of continuous sedimentation of contaminated suspended matter transported from upstream regions, accumulation rates and concentrations of mercury in eel in the western Rhine delta remained at a relatively high level. Analyses of methyl mercury in biota have been performed to elucidate the role of methyl mercury in the mercury contamination of the Dutch Rhine ecosystem. Low percentages of methyl mercury were observed in zooplankton (3 to 35%). In benthic organisms (mussels) percentages of methyl mercury ranged from 30 to 57%, while in fish species and liver of aquatic top predator birds almost all the mercury was present in the form of methyl mercury (> 80%). During the period 1970-1990 mercury concentrations of suspended matter in the eastern Rhine delta have drastically decreased. These concentrations seemed to be highly correlated with mercury concentrations of eel (R = 0.84). The consequences of this relation are discussed.

Mapping of human health risks arising from soil nickel and mercury contamination

2013 ◽  
Vol 244-245 ◽  
pp. 225-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mojgan Yeganeh ◽  
Majid Afyuni ◽  
Amir-Hosein Khoshgoftarmanesh ◽  
Loghman Khodakarami ◽  
Manouchehr Amini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Mercury Contamination ◽  
Human Health Risks

scholarly journals Assessment of the mercury contamination of landfilled and recovered foundry waste – a case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 462-470
Author(s):  
Marta Bożym ◽  
Beata Klojzy-Karczmarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Mercury Content ◽  
Mercury Contamination ◽  
Reference Level ◽  
Organic Carbon Content ◽  
Foundry Sands ◽  
Industrial Sites ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Main Component

Abstract Environmental pollution by mercury is a local problem in Poland and concerns mainly industrial sites. Foundry waste are usually characterized by low mercury content compared to other heavy metals. Spent foundry sands with low content of Hg are the main component of foundry waste. However, Hg may be present in foundry dust, which may also be landfilled. Due to Hg toxicity, even a minimal content may have a negative impact on biota. This study focuses on assessing the mercury content of landfilled foundry waste (LFW), to assess its toxicity. Currently tested waste is recovered and reused as a road aggregate. The results were compared with the mercury content of local soils as the reference level. Waste samples were taken from foundry landfill. The mercury content, fractional composition, organic matter (OM) and total organic carbon content, pH and elementary composition of waste were analysed. It was found that the mercury content in LFW was very low, at the level of natural content in soils and did not pose a threat to the environment. The statistical analysis shows that mercury was not associated with OM of the waste, in contrast to soils, probably due to different types of OM in both materials.

Assessment of caudal fin clip as a non-lethal technique for predicting muscle tissue mercury concentrations in largemouth bass

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 200 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Ryba ◽  
J. L. Lake ◽  
J. R. Serbst ◽  
A. D. Libby ◽  
S. Ayvazian
Keyword(s):  
Rhode Island ◽  
Muscle Tissue ◽  
Largemouth Bass ◽  
Total Mercury ◽  
Micropterus Salmoides ◽  
Mercury Contamination ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Minimal Impact ◽  
Fish Consumption Advisories ◽  
Relationship Of

Environmental context. In the development of fish consumption advisories, fisheries biologists routinely sacrifice fish and analyse muscle fillets in order to determine the extent of mercury contamination. Such lethal techniques may not be suitable for endangered species or limited fish populations from smaller-sized water bodies. We compared the measured total mercury concentrations in tail fin clips to that of muscle fillets and illustrated that tail fin clips may be used as an accurate tool for predicting mercury in muscle tissue. This is the first study on the use of tail fin clips to predict mercury levels in the muscle tissue of largemouth bass with minimal impact on the fish. Abstract. The statistical relationship between total mercury (Hg) concentration in clips from the caudal fin and muscle tissue of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) from 26 freshwater sites in Rhode Island, USA was developed and evaluated to determine the utility of fin clip analysis as a non-lethal and convenient method for predicting mercury concentrations in tissues. The relationship of total Hg concentrations in fin clips and muscle tissue showed an r2 of 0.85 and may be compared with an r2 of 0.89 for Hg concentrations between scales and muscle tissue that was determined in a previous study on largemouth bass. The Hg concentration in fin clip samples (mean = 0.261 μg g–1 (dry)) was more than a factor of twenty greater than in the scale samples (mean = 0.012 μg g–1 (dry)). Therefore, fin clips may be a more responsive non-lethal predictor of muscle-Hg concentrations than scale in fish species which may have reduced Hg concentrations.

Evaluation of Mercury Contamination in Iranian Wild Cats Through Hair Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 199 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Dahmardeh Behrooz ◽  
Giulia Poma
Keyword(s):  
Hair Analysis ◽  
Mercury Contamination ◽  
Wild Cats

Lichen and soil as indicators of an atmospheric mercury contamination in the vicinity of a chlor-alkali plant (Grenoble, France)

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvain Grangeon ◽  
Stéphane Guédron ◽  
Juliette Asta ◽  
Géraldine Sarret ◽  
Laurent Charlet
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Mercury ◽  
Mercury Contamination

Rank kriging for characterization of mercury contamination at the East Fork Poplar Creek, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 679-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashok K. Singh ◽  
M. M. A. Ananda
Keyword(s):  
Mercury Contamination ◽  
Oak Ridge ◽  
East Fork Poplar Creek
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