Mercury in the ecosystem : its dispersion and pollution today / Sachinath Mitra.
By: Mitra, Sachinath
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BookSeries: Environmental sciences.Publisher: Switzerland : Lancaster, PA : Trans Tech Publications ; Distributed by Technomic Publishing Co., 1986Description: xii, 327 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0878495290.Subject(s): Mercury -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 614.7 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 614.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00008400 |
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This comprehensive treatise on the environmental dispersion of mercury emphasizes the importance of mercury-consciousness in the present-day world, where rapidly expanding metallurgical, chemical, and other industrial developments are causing widespread contamination of the atmosphere, soil, and water by this metal and its toxic organic derivatives.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Mercury in the universe -- Mineralogy and geochemistry of mercury -- Sources of mercury in the environment -- Movement of mercury in the environment -- Analysis of mercury -- Mercury in mammals -- Mercury in plants, birds and fish -- Mercury pollution: poisoning and therapy -- Major case studies -- Safety measures and policies.