The book that looks at mercury's impact on the planet today
Recent research by the EPA has concluded that one in six womenof childbearing age have unsafe levels of mercury in their bodies,which puts 630,000 newborn babies each year at risk of neurologicalimpairment. Mercury poses severe risks to the health of animals andecosystems around the world, and this book provides the essentialinformation that anyone interested in environmental sciences shouldknow about the fundamentals of the entire mercury cycle.
Comprised of four parts that present an overview of mercury inthe environment, mercury transformations, transport, andbioaccumulation and toxicology, each chapter of EnvironmentalChemistry and Toxicology of Mercury includes the basic concepts ofthe targeted subject, a critical review of that subject, and thefuture research needs.
This book explains the environmental behavior and toxicologicaleffects of mercury on humans and other organisms, and provides abaseline for what is known and what uncertainties remain in respectto mercury cycling. The chapters focus on the fundamental scienceunderlying the environmental chemistry and fate of mercury. Thiswork will be invaluable to a wide range of policy experts,environmental scientists, and other people requiring acomprehensive source for the state of the science in thisfield.
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Guangliang Liu, PhD, is Research Scientist in the Departmentof Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University,where he manages the Mercury Laboratory.
Yong Cai, PhD, is Professor in the Department ofChemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University. Hehas been working on environmental chemistry and the geochemistry ofmercury for almost twenty years.
Nelson O'Driscoll, PhD, is Canada Research Chair inEnvironmental Biogeochemistry and Associate Professor in theDepartment of Earth and Environmental Science, AcadiaUniversity.
