Biofilm composition in the Olt River (Romania) reservoirs impacted by a chlor-alkali production plant
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Persistent Hg contamination and occurrence of Hg-methylating transcript (hgcA) downstream of a chlor-alkali plant in the Olt River (Romania).
Chlor-alkali plants using mercury (Hg) cell technology are acute point sources of Hg pollution in the aquatic environment. While there have been recent efforts to reduce the use of Hg cells, some of the emitted Hg can be transformed to neurotoxic methylmercury (MeHg). Here, we aimed (i) to study the dispersion of Hg in four reservoirs located downstream of a chlor-alkali plant along the Olt Riv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2050-7887,2050-7895
DOI: 10.1039/c7em00033b