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This is a 4 page annotated bibliography of 9 sources dealing with various aspects of mercury contamination.
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of what we have already learned of the way in which mercury is transferred from the environment to humans. It settles into water bodies, ends up in streams, accumulates
in fish and is then ingested by humans. The amount of mercury is a function of many different factors; this explains why fish from neighboring lakes can have very
different levels of mercury. The site also discussed the Mercury Deposition Network (MDN) that monitors wet deposition of mercury across the country. There are numerous links to other
reports and sites on this main site; its a good place to start any study of mercury in the environment. Fields, S. (2003). The Earths open wounds: abandoned and orphaned
mines. Environmental Health Perspectives 111 (3), A154-162. This paper discusses various incidents and events that have caused releases of toxic substances into the environment. They range from the
horrific, such as the accident at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, where 2,500 died, to the more mundane, such as a release of bromine in Geneva in 1984, which
resulted in hospitalization for a small number of people but no deaths. It also discusses natural releases of various toxic substances into the atmosphere; the substances discussed in the
paper include bromine, chlorine, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and phenol. French, Hilary. (2001, May). Can Globalization Survive the Export of HAZARD? USA Today Magazine, 20. This article discusses
the problems of what to do with toxic waste, and recounts some of the horrifying incidents that have resulted when waste has been surreptitiously dumped on unsuspecting people. It
recounts the fact that some of these incidents have spurred the U.N. to action in trying to control the "waste trade." Knap, A., Dewailly, E., Furgal, C., Galvin, J., Baden,
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