Persistent Hg contamination and occurrence of Hg-methylating transcript (hgcA) downstream of a chlor-alkali plant in the Olt River (Romania)

Autor: Jean-Luc Loizeau, Viorel Gh. Ungureanu, Vera I. Slaveykova, Perrine Dranguet, Erik Björn, Stamatina Makri, Andrea G. Bravo, Claudia Cosio

Publikováno v: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer Verlag, 2016, 23 (11), pp.10529-10541
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Vol. 23, No 11 (2016) P. 10529–10541

Chlor-alkali plants using mercury (Hg) cell technology are acute point sources of Hg pollution in the aquatic environment. While there have been recent efforts to reduce the use of Hg cells, some of the emitted Hg can be transformed to neurotoxic met

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5906-4