| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 744 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Note continued: Ch. 16 Exposure to Hg in the general population of Europe and the Arctic / Lars Barregard -- Ch. 17 Methylmercury exposure in general populations of Japan, Asia and Oceania / Mineshi Sakamoto / Akira Yasutake / Hiroshi Satoh -- Ch. 18 Mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining in Block B, El Callao, Bolivar State, Venezuela / Marcello M. Veiga / Dario Bermudez / Heloisa Pacheco-Ferreira / Luiz Roberto Martins Pedroso / Aaron J. Gunson / Gilberto Berrios / Ligia Vos / Pablo Huidobro / Monika Roeser -- Ch. 19 ecosystem approach to describe the mercury issue in Canada : from mercury sources to human health / Marc Lucotte / Rene Canuel / Sylvie Boucher de Grosbois / Marc Amyot / Robin Anderson / Paul Arp / Laura Atikesse / Jean Carreau / Laurie Chan / Steve Garceau / Donna Mergler / Charlie Ritchie / Martha J. Robertson / Claire Vanier -- Ch. 20 GEF/UNDP/UNIDO global mercury project -- environmental and health results from a small-scale gold mining site in Tanzania / D. Appleton / G. Drasch / S. Bose O'Reilly / G. Roider / R. Lister / H. Taylor / B. Smith / A. Tesha / C. Beinhoff -- Ch. 21 Development of programs to monitor methyl-mercury exposure and issue fish consumption advisories / Henry A. Anderson / Jeffrey D. Bigler -- Ch. 22 Health effects and risk assessment / Philippe Grandjean / Sylvaine Cordier / Tord Kjellstrom / Pal Weihe / Esben Budtz Jorgensen -- Ch. 23 Dynamic processes of atmospheric Hg in the Mediterranean region / Nicola Pirrone / Francesca Sprovieri / Ian M. Hedgecock / Giuseppe A. Trunfio / Sergio Cinnirella -- Ch. 24 Spatial and temporal variability of atmospheric Hg in North-Western and Central Europe -- observations on different time scale / Ralf Ebinghaus / Hans H. Kock / John Munthe / I. Wangberg -- Ch. 25 Atmospheric Hg : a decade of observations in the Great Lakes / Gerald J. Keeler / Timothy J. Dvonch |
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Note continued: Ch. 26 Recent trends in Hg emissions, deposition, and biota in the Florida everglades : a monitoring and modelling analysis / Thomas D. Atkeson / Curtis D. Pollman / Donald M. Axelrad -- Ch. 27 Mercury pollution in China -- an overview / Xinbin Feng -- Ch. 28 Mercury pollution in the Arctic and Antarctic regions / Francesca Sprovieri / Nicola Pirrone |
| Summary |
"Dynamics of Mercury Pollution on Regional and Global Scales: Atmospheric Processes and Human Exposures Around the World provides a detailed overview of our current understanding of different dynamic patterns involved in the redistribution of mercury in the global environment, and its impact on human health and ecosystems."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Mercury -- Environmental aspects
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Mercury -- Health aspects
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Environmental policy.
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environmental policy.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Environmental policy
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Mercury -- Environmental aspects
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Mercury -- Health aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pirrone, Nicola, 1960-
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Mahaffey, Kathryn R., 1943-
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| LC no. |
2005043442 |
| ISBN |
038724493X |
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9780387244938 |
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0387244948 |
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9780387244945 |
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6610337810 |
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9786610337811 |
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