A review on the distribution of Hg in the environment and its human health impacts

KH Kim, E Kabir, SA Jahan - Journal of hazardous materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Exposure to mercury is a silent threat to the environment and human life. It has the potential
to harm almost every organ and body system. Mercury compounds are classified in different …

Invisible and ignored? Local perspectives on mercury in Congolese gold mining

B Nkuba, L Bervoets, S Geenen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Many scholars have documented mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining as
well as its harmful effects on the environment and human health. In spite of this …

Trust and subjective knowledge influence perceived risk of lead exposure

M Goebel, CB Wardropper - Risk Analysis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Lead exposure is a persistent environmental hazard that poses risks to human health. But
motivating protective action is challenging with this low visibility hazard whose health effects …

Experimental research on selective adsorption of gaseous mercury (II) over SiO2, TiO2 and γ-Al2O3

Y Zheng, Y Duan, H Tang, C Li, J Li, C Zhu, S Liu - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Solid selective adsorption to partition mercury speciation (Hg 0, Hg 2+) in flue gas is known
as the innovative technology in developing solid agents application in online measurement …

Mercury Exposure among E-Waste Recycling Workers in Colombia: Perceptions of Safety, Risk, and Access to Health Information

M Jensen, DA Combariza Bayona… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Exposures to the toxic element mercury (Hg) are exceptionally high among recycling
workers globally. Recycling is a growing sector in Colombia, yet workers who directly handle …

Mercury level in biological samples of dentists in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Jonidi Jafari, A Esrafili, Y Moradi… - Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Exposure to mercury is an important risk to dentists health. The aim of the present study was
to assess the pooled mean mercury level (MML) in the urine, blood, nail, and hair of Iranian …

COVID-19 cure perceptions and media use in India

A Arif, RMR Turaga - Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background During the early phases of Covid-19, social media platforms became a
significant source of misinformation, and India emerged as a global hotspot. Studies show …

[HTML][HTML] Mercury contamination in water and sediments and the associated health risk: a case study of artisanal gold-mining

A Riaz, S Khan, S Muhammad, MT Shah - Mine Water and the …, 2019 - inis.iaea.org
[en] This study investigated mercury (Hg) contamination in the Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Water and sediment samples were collected from various sites having artisanal gold-mining …

Assessment and awareness of health risks posed by mercury in artisanal gold mining in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

O Gyamfi, RS Wireko-Gyebi, E Ansah, PB Sorenson… - Chemistry Africa, 2022 - Springer
The extent of mercury contamination in soils and sediments of an artisanal gold mining
community (Mpatasie) was found and the inhabitants' awareness of the risks posed by …

Biosorption characteristics of Hg (II) from aqueous solution by the biopolymer from waste activated sludge

J Zhang, P Wang, Z Zhang, P Xiang, S Xia - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The divalent mercury ion (Hg (II)) is one of the most hazardous toxic heavy-metal ions, and
an important industrial material as well. It is essential to remove and recover Hg (II) from …