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Mercury pollution from deforestation

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    Marcello M. Veiga & John A. Meech

  2. Department of Resources Management, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, VGT 1Z4, Canada

    Nilda Oñate

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Veiga, M., Meech, J. & Oñate, N. Mercury pollution from deforestation. Nature 368, 816–817 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/368816a0

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