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Global Mercury Pollution and the Role of Gold Mining: An Overview

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As described by Jernelov and Ramel (1995), the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) sponsored an investigation of Hg in ecosystems with special emphasis on tropical regions. In these regions small-scale gold mining activities have occupied about 10 million people worldwide who use Hg for extracting gold.

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  1. Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    D. B. Porcella

  2. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden

    C. Ramel

  3. Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research, Stockholm, Sweden

    A. Jernelov

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Porcella, D.B., Ramel, C. & Jernelov, A. Global Mercury Pollution and the Role of Gold Mining: An Overview. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 97, 205–207 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018304920365

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