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Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… plants and mine tailings can contain heavy metals, such as mercury and arsenic, as well as organic compounds and … in land and soil include heavy metals such as lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium and chromium, persistent organic … can be used to help remove heavy metals such as mercury, for example in the treatment of mining tailings; the …
Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches
… which leads to the acidification of lakes and ponds, or mercury which contaminates fish and eventually harms … regions. Elevated levels of some metals, such as lead and mercury, are also found around many cities, particularly if … the metals of greatest concern for human health are lead, mercury, arsenic and cadmium. Many other metals – including …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… primarily to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (s.a. mercury and cadmium), also poses especially significant … had for many decades released heavy metal-laden slag and mercury into the Columbia River, which then flowed down-river …