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Remediation Techniques for Hg-Contaminated Sites

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Mercury Contaminated Sites

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Abstract

Mercury-polluted soil is a very serious problem, which we have to face not only in the highly industrialized regions, but also in developing countries. Although the production and use of mercury has decreased in the Western World since the late 1970s (in the USA from 1632 t Hg in 1972 to ca. 411 t Hg in 1990), in some developing countries the import and use is increasing, e.g. in 1972 Brazil imported 115 t and in 1990 240 t Hg (Hasse 1994; Jasinski 1995).

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  1. Institute of Physical and Chemical Analytics, GKSS Research Centre, Max-Planck-Straße, 21502, Geesthacht, Germany

    Ralf Ebinghaus  & Wim Salomons  & 

  2. Frontier Geosciences, 414 Pontius Ave. North, 98109, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Ralph R. Turner

  3. Dept. de GeoquÃŒmica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, 24020-007, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Luiz D. de Lacerda

  4. Institute for Water and Environmental Problems (IWEP), Novosibirsk, Russia

    O. Vasiliev

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Hempel, M., Thoeming, J. (1999). Remediation Techniques for Hg-Contaminated Sites. In: Ebinghaus, R., Turner, R.R., de Lacerda, L.D., Vasiliev, O., Salomons, W. (eds) Mercury Contaminated Sites. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03754-6_5

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