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Can I read Mercury from Gold and Silver Mining: A Chemical Time Bomb? || on EtoBox?
Mercury from Gold and Silver Mining: A Chemical Time Bomb? || by Dr. Luiz D. de Lacerda, Professor Dr. Wim Salomons (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Mercury from Gold and Silver Mining: A Chemical Time Bomb? || about?
Due to its inherent characteristics, mercury contamination from gold mining is a major environmental problem compared to past mercury contamination from industrial point sources. The worsening of social-economical conditions and increasing gold prices in the late 1970s resulted in a new rush for gold by individual entrepreneurs for whom Hg amalgamation is a cheap and easily carried out operation. Even after the present-day mining areas are exhausted, the mercury left behind will remain part of the biochemical cycle of the tropical forest. This book reviews the current information on mercury from gold mining, its cycling in the environment and its long-term ecotoxicological impact. The book is illustrated with numerous diagrams and photographs.
Who reads Mercury from Gold and Silver Mining: A Chemical Time Bomb? ||?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Dr. Luiz D. de Lacerda, Professor Dr. Wim Salomons (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783540617242
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Chemistry, Agriculture
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