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Bioremediation of mercury : current research and industrial applications /

"Mercury is a heavy metal with extreme toxicity, the ability to biomagnify, and long range atmospheric transport of its gaseous form. Past and present industrial uses of mercury have resulted in the pollution of soils, groundwater, rivers, and marine ecosystems worldwide, the clean-up of which,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wagner-Döbler, Irene (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Norfolk, UK : Caister Academic Press, ©2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Current Research for Bioremediation of Mercury / Irene Wagner-Döbler
  • Mercury Pollution From a Former Chlor-alkali Factory in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan: Characterization, Treatment, and Post-demercurization Monitoring / Mikhail A. Ilyushchenko [and 3 others]
  • Vlora, an Abandoned PVC Factory at the Mediterranean Coast: Mercury Pollution, Threat to Humans, and Treatment Options / Pranvera Lazo and Jaroslav Reif
  • Land Use Change and Mercury Mobilization in the Amazon: The Madeira River Basin Case Study / Luiz D. Lacerda and Wanderley R. Bastos
  • Mercury in the Chlor-alkali Electrolysis Industry / Pawel Gluszcz, Katarzyna Fürch and Stanislaw Ledakowicz
  • Long-term Operation of a Microbiological Pilot Plant for Clean-up of Mercury-contaminated Wastewater at Electrolysis Factories in Europe / Johannes Leonhäuser [and 3 others]
  • Microbiological Treatment of Air Scrubber Solutions From a Waste Incineration Plant and Other Mercury-contaminated Wastewater: A Technology in Search of an Application / Johannes Leonhäuser, Wolf-Dieter Deckwer and Irene Wagner-Döbler.