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Mercury pollution from small gold mines in China

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Small scale gold mining activity in some mountainous areas of China has caused a series of Hg pollution problems. Preliminary study indicated that impacts of Hg pollution on the surrounding environment, air, water and soil are dramatic, and human contamination requires attention.

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  1. Academia, Sinica, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Haidian, P.O. Box 2871, 100085, Beijing, China

    Yuhuan Lin & Mingxin Guo

  2. Jiangxi Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention, 330002, Nanchang, China

    Weiming Gan

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Lin, Y., Guo, M. & Gan, W. Mercury pollution from small gold mines in China. Water Air Soil Pollut 97, 233–239 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02407461

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