Global change and mercury cycling: Challenges for implementing a global mercury treaty
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Global change and mercury cycling: challenges for implementing a global mercury treaty.
The Minamata Convention aims to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury. In the present study, the provisions of the Minamata Convention are examined to assess their influence on global biogeochemical cycling of Hg. Although the convention's scope covers all major categories of atmospheric emissions, the degree to which it will affect future...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0730-7268
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2374