GLOBAL MERCURY POLLUTION AND THE ROLE OF GOLD MINING - AN OVERVIEW

Authors
PORCELLA DB RAMEL C JERNELOV A
Citation
Db. Porcella et al., GLOBAL MERCURY POLLUTION AND THE ROLE OF GOLD MINING - AN OVERVIEW, Water, air and soil pollution, 97(3-4), 1997, pp. 205-207
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Water Resources
Journal title
Water, air and soil pollution → ACNP
ISSN journal
00496979
Volume
97
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
205 - 207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0049-6979(1997)97:3-4<205:GMPATR>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
As described by Jernelov and Ramel (1995), the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) sponsored an investigation of Hg in ecosystems with special emphasis on tropical regions. In these regi ons small-scale gold mining activities have occupied about 10 million people worldwide who use Hg for extracting gold.