Progress in the study of mercury methylation and demethylation in aquatic environments

YB Li, Y Cai - Chinese Science Bulletin, 2013 - Springer
Mercury (Hg) and its compounds are a class of highly toxic and pervasive pollutants. During
the biogeochemical cycling of Hg, methylmercury (MeHg), a potent neurotoxin, can be …

Mercury contamination level and speciation inventory in Lakes Titicaca & Uru-Uru (Bolivia): Current status and future trends

S Guédron, D Point, D Acha, S Bouchet, PA Baya… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Aquatic ecosystems of the Bolivian Altiplano (∼ 3800 m asl) are characterized by extreme
hydro-climatic constrains (eg, high UV-radiations and low oxygen) and are under the …

Impact of recent artisanal small-scale gold mining in Senegal: Mercury and methylmercury contamination of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems

B Niane, S Guédron, F Feder, S Legros… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
In Senegal, the environmental impact of artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) using
mercury (Hg) is poorly documented despite its intensification over the past two decades. We …

Tracing sources and bioaccumulation of mercury in fish of Lake Baikal− Angara River using Hg isotopic composition

V Perrot, VN Epov, MV Pastukhov… - … science & technology, 2010 - ACS Publications
This study presents the determination and comparison of isotopic compositions of Hg in
sediments, plankton, roach, and perch of two freshwater systems in the Lake Baikal− Angara …

Quantifying the impacts of artisanal gold mining on a tropical river system using mercury isotopes

S Goix, L Maurice, L Laffont, R Rinaldo, C Lagane… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
In some locations, artisanal and small-scale gold-mining (ASGM) represents a significant
source of anthropogenic Hg to freshwater environments. The Hg released from ASGM can …

Extremely elevated methyl mercury levels in water, sediment and organisms in a Romanian reservoir affected by release of mercury from a chlor-alkali plant

AG Bravo, C Cosio, D Amouroux, J Zopfi, PA Chevalley… - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
We examined mercury (Hg) biogeochemistry and biomagnification in the Babeni Reservoir,
a system strongly affected by the release of Hg from a chlor-alkali plant. Total mercury (THg) …

Higher mass-independent isotope fractionation of methylmercury in the pelagic food web of Lake Baikal (Russia)

V Perrot, MV Pastukhov, VN Epov… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
Mercury undergoes several transformations that influence its stable isotope composition
during a number of environmental and biological processes. Measurements of Hg isotopic …

Hg speciation and stable isotope signatures in human hair as a tracer for dietary and occupational exposure to mercury

L Laffont, JE Sonke, L Maurice… - … science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
Exposure of humans and wildlife to various inorganic and organometallic forms of mercury
(Hg) may induce adverse health effects. While human populations in developed countries …

[图书][B] Safety evaluation of certain contaminants in food: prepared by the Seventy-second meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)

FAO Joint, WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives… - 2011 - apps.who.int
Annexes Annex 1 Reports and other documents resulting from previous meetings of the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives............ Annex 2 Abbreviations used in …

Assessment of mercury speciation in feathers using species-specific isotope dilution analysis

M Renedo, P Bustamante, E Tessier, Z Pedrero… - Talanta, 2017 - Elsevier
Seabirds are considered as effective sentinels of environmental marine contamination and
their feathers are extensively used as non-lethal samples for contaminant biomonitoring …