Occurrence and transformation of mercury in formerly contaminated soils due to operation of amalgamation techniques and assessment of consequences
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60461373%3A22810%2F20%3A43918592" target="_blank" >RIV/60461373:22810/20:43918592 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/20:00114042
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2019.1660848" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2019.1660848</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2019.1660848" target="_blank" >10.1080/10807039.2019.1660848</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Occurrence and transformation of mercury in formerly contaminated soils due to operation of amalgamation techniques and assessment of consequences
Original language description
Soils formerly contaminated with mercury due to the implementation of amalgamation processes at two localities in the Czech Republic were analyzed to assess the impact of such contamination on both the environment and human health. One site is an abandoned gold mine at Libčice, where, in the past, gold was extracted from the raw ore by the mercury amalgamation technique. The second site is the environs of a small building in Prague where dental surgery was formerly undertaken. Soils were tested for total mercury (T-Hg), elemental mercury (Hg0), methylmercury (MeHg+), phenylmercury (PhHg+), and gaseous elemental mercury (GEM). The T-Hg concentrations in both localities exceeded many times the maximum permissible limit for soils in the Czech Republic. The most contaminated soils were found around the dental surgery releasing GEM at concentrations of up to 1308 ng m−3, which can represent a danger mainly for people through inhalation. Soils near the abandoned gold mine release GEM at concentrations of up to 26 ng m−3, which indicates a long-term burden on the environment and a danger for surrounding farmland. © 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP503%2F12%2F0682" target="_blank" >GAP503/12/0682: Mercury uptake accumulation and transformation by soil microflora: an assessment of possible approach for bioremediation of mercury contaminated soils</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Human and Ecological Risk Assessment
ISSN
1080-7039
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
26
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
2189-2202
UT code for WoS article
000486341000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85073784190