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Meeting the Challenges of Continental Pollutant Pathways
 
MERCURY
Case Study
 
Authors:
Wilfred Pilgrim - Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network, (EMAN)
Marc Lucotte - GEOTOP, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Shelagh Montgomery - GEOTOP, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Carlos Santos-Burgoa - Instituto de Salud, Ambiente y Trabajo, Mexico City, Mexico
Maria Isbel Ibarrola Uriarte - Instituto de Salud, Ambiente y Trabajo, Mexico City, Mexico
Francisco Abascal-Garrido - Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Mexico City, Mexico
Margaret Round - Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, Boston, USA
Don Porcella - Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, USA

 
Final Report to the Secretariat of the CEC, February 1999

 


 
T A B L E  O F   C O N T E N T S
 
 
List of Tables and Figures
 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 
1.  INTRODUCTION
 
2.  HUMAN HEALTH
2.1 Exposure Pathways
2.2 Human Health Effects Benchmarks for Methylmercury
2.2.1 Methylmercury Effects Thresholds
2.2.2 Exposure and Risk Assessment
2.2.3 Exposure to Women of Child-Bearing Age
2.2.4 Exposure Studies in the Amazon
2.3 Summary
 
3.  ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE
3.1 The Global Atmospheric Mercury Cycle/Anthropogenic vs Natural Emissions
3.1.1 Atmospheric Mercury Emissions in Mexico, Canada and the United States
3.1.2 Mercury Deposition
3.1.3 Measuring Continental Air Pollutants: International Mercury Monitoring Networks
3.1.4 Northeast States & Eastern Canadian Provinces Mercury Study
3.2 Ecosystem Pathways and Ecological Fate of Mercury
3.2.1 Mercury Methylation in the Aquatic Environment
3.2.2 Bioaccumulation of Methylmercury in Wildlife
3.2.3 Risks to Wildlife Reproduction
 
4.  PRODUCT PATHWAYS FOR MERCURY
4.1 Imports and Exports of Mercury Products
4.2 Products Containing Mercury
4.2.1 Fluorescent Lighting
4.2.2 Thermostats
4.2.3 Thermometers
4.2.4 Batteries
4.3 Mining
4.3.1 Gold and Silver Mining
4.3.2 Mercury Mining in Mexico
 
5.  POLICY AND SCIENCE INTERFACE
5.1 Uncertainties and the Weight of Scientific Evidence
5.1.1 Data Reliability
5.1.2 Anthropogenic and Natural Influences
5.1.3 Mercury Methylation
5.1.4 Effects from Low Level Chronic Exposure
 
6.  RECOMMENDATIONS
6.1 Human Health
6.2 Ecosystem Science
 
7.  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 
8.  REFERENCES

 

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