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In recent years there has been a revival of interest in mercury as an atmospheric pollutant on local, regional and global geographical scales. An important indicator of increasing interest regarding mercury species in Europe’s atmosphere is the recent decision of the UN-ECE to prepare a protocol for heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants under its co-operative programme for monitoring and evaluation of the long range transmission of air pollutants (EMEP) with mercury as a priority substance. In North America, the 1990 U.S. Clean Air Act Amendments have identified mercury as one of the trace substances listed in the legislation as “hazardous air pollutants” because of its potentially significant effects on ecosystems and human health.
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Petersen, G., Munthe, J., Pleijel, K., Bloxam, R., Kumar, A.V. (1998). A Comprehensive Eulerian Modeling Framework for Airborne Mercury Species: Development and Testing of the Tropospheric Chemistry Module (TCM). In: Gryning, SE., Chaumerliac, N. (eds) Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XII. NATO • Challenges of Modern Society, vol 22. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9128-0_36
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