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An assessment of global and regional emissions of trace metals to the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources worldwide
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The results of this work conclude that stationary fossil fuel combustion continues to be the major source of Cr, Hg, Mn, Sb, Se, Sn, and Tl with respect to the coal combustion and the major sources of Ni and V withrespect to oil combustion.Abstract:
An accurate and complete emission inventory for atmospheric trace metals on a global scale is needed for both modeler community and policy makers to assess the current level of environmental contam...read more
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Trace Elements From Soil to Human
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Recent climate change in the Arctic and its impact on contaminant pathways and interpretation of temporal trend data.
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Particles, air quality, policy and health
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Quantitative assessment of worldwide contamination of air, water and soils by trace metals
Jerome O. Nriagu,Jozef M. Pacyna +1 more
TL;DR: Calculated loading rates of trace metals into the three environmental compartments demonstrate that human activities now have major impacts on the global and regional cycles of most of the trace elements.
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A global assessment of natural sources of atmospheric trace metals
TL;DR: For most of the toxic metals, the natural fluxes are small compared with emissions from industrial activities, implying that mankind has become the key agent in the global atmospheric cycle of trace metals and metalloids as mentioned in this paper.
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Regional differences in worldwide emissions of mercury to the atmosphere
TL;DR: In the last decade, anthropogenic Hg to the atmosphere in different regions of the world has shown an interesting dichotomy: the emissions in the developed countries increased at the rate of about 4.5-5.5% yr−1 up to 1989 and have since remained nearly constant as discussed by the authors.