Connecting mercury science to policy: from sources to seafood
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Connecting mercury science to policy: from sources to seafood.
Mercury (Hg) is a global contaminant whose presence in the biosphere has been increased by human activity, particularly coal burning/energy production, mining, especially artisanal scale gold mining, and other industrial activities. Mercury input to the surface ocean has doubled over the past century leading governments and organizations to take actions to protect humans from the harmful effect...
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عنوان ژورنال: Reviews on Environmental Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2191-0308,0048-7554
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2015-0044