Updated global and oceanic mercury budgets for the United Nations Global Mercury Assessment 2018

PM Outridge, RP Mason, F Wang… - … science & technology, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
In support of international efforts to reduce mercury (Hg) exposure in humans and wildlife,
this paper reviews the literature concerning global Hg emissions, cycling and fate, and …

Remediation of mercury contaminated sites–a review

J Wang, X Feng, CWN Anderson, Y **ng… - Journal of hazardous …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Environmental contamination caused by mercury is a serious problem worldwide. Coal
combustion, mercury and gold mining activities and industrial activities have led to an …

Legacy impacts of all‐time anthropogenic emissions on the global mercury cycle

HM Amos, DJ Jacob, DG Streets… - Global …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Elevated mercury (Hg) in marine and terrestrial ecosystems is a global health concern
because of the formation of toxic methylmercury. Humans have emitted Hg to the …

Global mercury emissions to the atmosphere from anthropogenic and natural sources

N Pirrone, S Cinnirella, X Feng… - Atmospheric …, 2010‏ - acp.copernicus.org
This paper provides an up-to-date assessment of global mercury emissions from
anthropogenic and natural sources. On an annual basis, natural sources account for 5207 …

Mediterranean mercury assessment 2022: an updated budget, health consequences, and research perspectives

D Cossa, J Knoery, D Banaru… - Environmental …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Mercury (Hg) and especially its methylated species (MeHg) are toxic chemicals that
contaminate humans via the consumption of seafood. The most recent UNEP Global …

Heavy metals concentrations in fish and shellfish from eastern Mediterranean Sea: consumption advisories

C Copat, G Arena, M Fiore, C Ledda, R Fallico… - Food and chemical …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
The present study evaluate concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr),
lead (Pb), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), vanadium (V) and zinc (Zn) in fish and shellfish from …

Sources and remediation techniques for mercury contaminated soil

J Xu, AG Bravo, A Lagerkvist, S Bertilsson… - Environment …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) in soils has increased by a factor of 3 to 10 in recent times mainly due to
combustion of fossil fuels combined with long-range atmospheric transport processes. Other …

Mercury pollution in Asia: a review of the contaminated sites

P Li, XB Feng, GL Qiu, LH Shang, ZG Li - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009‏ - Elsevier
This article describes the mercury contaminated sites in Asia. Among the various regions,
Asia has become the largest contributor of anthropogenic atmospheric mercury (Hg) …

Role of the ocean in the global mercury cycle

RP Mason, GR Sheu - Global biogeochemical cycles, 2002‏ - Wiley Online Library
Air‐sea exchange of mercury (Hg) is a critical part of the global Hg cycle as it determines, to
a large degree, the response time of the biosphere to changes in mercury inputs. Recent …

The importance of volcanic emissions for the global atmospheric mercury cycle

DM Pyle, TA Mather - Atmospheric Environment, 2003‏ - Elsevier
Mercury is a highly volatile, bioaccumulating toxic trace metal with a long (∼ 1yr)
atmospheric residence time. Hg is strongly enriched in volcanic emanations, and volcanoes …