Mercury from gold and silver mining : a chemical time bomb? /

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 gol...

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Main Author: Lacerda, Luiz Drude de
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Other Authors: Salomons, W. (Willem), 1945-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1998]
Series:Environmental science (Berlin, Germany)
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by Lacerda, Luiz Drude de
Published 1998
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