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… deep abyssal ocean and high mountains, pollutants such as heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants can be found … industrial plants and mine tailings can contain heavy metals, such as mercury and arsenic, as well as organic … to impacts Towards a Pollution-Free Planet Toxic heavy metal pollution is a public health risk, especially for …

… 2005 indicates that emissions from fossil fuel combustion, metal and cement production increased between 2005 and 2010, … with the industrial revolution based on coal burning, base-metal ore smelting, and gold rushes in various parts of the … first international environmental measurement networks. Heavy metals such as mercury have been included in the EMEP …