Cycling of mercury in the environment: Sources, fate, and human health implications: A review

F Beckers, J Rinklebe - Critical Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Mercury (Hg) is ubiquitary, naturally enriched in volcanic regions, and has wide applications
in science, industry, and agriculture. Recently, the increasing awareness of Hg toxicity has …

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

D Cossa, J Knoery, D Bănaru… - 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 …

Bluefin tuna reveal global patterns of mercury pollution and bioavailability in the world's oceans

CM Tseng, SJ Ang, YS Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Bluefin tuna (BFT), highly prized among consumers, accumulate high levels of mercury (Hg)
as neurotoxic methylmercury (MeHg). However, how Hg bioaccumulation varies among …

Mercury transport and fate models in aquatic systems: A review and synthesis

S Zhu, Z Zhang, D Žagar - Science of the Total environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Mercury contamination in aquatic systems has been an issue to the natural ecosystem and
human health. Environmental models have become a valuable decision-making tool and …

Mercury and selenium intake by seafood from the Ionian Sea: A risk evaluation

C Copat, M Vinceti, MG D'Agati, G Arena… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The subject of the present study is the evaluation of the concentrations of mercury (Hg) and
selenium (Se) in fish and shellfish from the Gulf of Catania (Ionian Sea) and the assessment …

Mercury accumulation in the sediment of the Western Mediterranean abyssal plain: A reliable archive of the late Holocene

D Cossa, A Mucci, S Guédron, M Coquery… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Temporal reconstruction of Hg deposition from sediment archives is relatively
straightforward in organic-rich or high sedimentation rate environments, such as lakes and …

Sources of mercury in deep-sea sediments of the Mediterranean Sea as revealed by mercury stable isotopes

N Ogrinc, H Hintelmann, J Kotnik, M Horvat… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Mercury (Hg) and its stable isotope composition were used to determine the sources of Hg in
deep-sea sediments of the Mediterranean Sea. Surface and down-core sediment δ202Hg …

Characterization of atmospheric total gaseous mercury at a remote high-elevation site (Col Margherita Observatory, 2543 m asl) in the Italian Alps

M Vardè, C Barbante, E Barbaro, F Becherini… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Col Margherita (MRG) Observatory is a high-altitude background station
located in the Eastern Italian Alps. Its elevation and distance from major anthropogenic and …

Influence of soil mercury concentration and fraction on bioaccumulation process of inorganic mercury and methylmercury in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

J Zhou, H Liu, B Du, L Shang, J Yang… - Environmental Science and …, 2015 - Springer
Recent studies showed that rice is the major pathway for methylmercury (MeHg) exposure to
inhabitants in mercury (Hg) mining areas in China. There is, therefore, a concern regarding …

Hydrochemical mercury distribution and air-sea exchange over the submarine hydrothermal vents off-shore Panarea Island (Aeolian arc, Tyrrhenian Sea)

E Bagnato, E Oliveri, A Acquavita, S Covelli… - Marine chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
There is a growing concern about the mercury (Hg) vented from submarine hydrothermal
fluids to the marine surrounding and exchange of dissolved gaseous mercury (DGM) …