Mercury in the environment: pattern and process

Mercury pollution and contamination are widespread, well documented, and continue to pose a public health concern in both developed and developing countries. In response to a growing need for understanding the cycling of this ubiquitous pollutant, the science of mercury has grown rapidly to include the fields of biogeochemistry, economics, sociology, public health, decision sciences, physics, global change, and mathematics. Only recently have scientists begun to establish a holistic approach to studying mercury pollution that integrates chemistry, biology, and human health sciences. Mercury in.

Cover; MERCURY IN THE ENVIRONMENT; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART ONE Mercury Cycling in the Environment; 1 Sources and Transport: A Global Issue; 2 Industrial Use of Mercury in the Ancient World; PART TWOMethods for Research, Monitoring, and Analysis; 3 Analytical Methods for Measuring Mercury in Water, Sediment, and Biota; 4 Use of Stable Isotopes in Mercury Research; 5 Atmospheric Chemistry, Modeling, andBiogeochemistry of Mercury; 6 A Framework for a Mercury Monitoring andAssessment Program: Synthesis and FutureResearch.

PART THREEMercury in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments7 The Role of Soils in Storage and Cyclingof Mercury; 8 Mercury Cycling in Terrestrial Watersheds; 9 Mercury Hotspots in Freshwater Ecosystems:Drivers, Processes, and Patterns; 10 Mercury in the Marine Environment; PART FOURToxicology, Risk Analysis, Humans, and Policy; 11 Ecotoxicology of Mercury in Fish and Wildlife:Recent Advances; 12 Risk Evaluation of Mercury Pollution; 13 Mercury and Public Health: An Assessment of HumanExposure; 14 Mercury Exposure in Vulnerable Populations:Guidelines for Fish Consumption.

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