An important provision of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is to monitor and evaluate
the effectiveness of the adopted measures and its implementation. Here, we describe for the …

Aquatic ecosystems around the world are contaminated with a wide range of anthropogenic
chemicals, including metals and organic pollutants, that originate from point and nonpoint …

The toxicological safety of products developed as alternative for conventional plastics (ie,
petroleum derivatives) inevitably demands conducting (eco) toxicological studies. Thus, the …

Atmospheric mercury (Hg) emissions and subsequent transport and deposition are major
concerns within protected lands, including national parks, where Hg can bioaccumulate to …

Protected areas like national parks are essential elements of conservation because they
limit human influence on the landscape, which protects biodiversity and ecosystem function …

Impoundment is among the most common hydrologic alterations with impacts on aquatic
ecosystems that can include effects on mercury (Hg) cycling. However, landscape-scale …

With the 2011 promulgation of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards by the US
Environmental Protection Agency, and the successful negotiation by the United Nations …

We paired mercury (Hg) concentrations in dragonfly larvae with water chemistry in 29 US
national parks to highlight how ecological and biogeochemical context (habitat, dissolved …

Mercury (Hg) is a toxic contaminant that has been mobilized and distributed worldwide and
is a threat to many wildlife species. Amphibians are facing unprecedented global declines …

Mercury contamination from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) currently
accounts for 37% of the global total, often affecting tropical regions where regulations, if they …