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- Title
Mercury concentrations at a historically mercury-contaminated site in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa).
- Authors
Williams, Chavon R; Leaner, Joy J; Somerset, Vernon S; Nel, Jaco M
- Abstract
A mercury (Hg) processing plant previously operating in KwaZulu-Natal Province (South Africa) discharged Hg waste into a nearby river system causing widespread contamination since the 1980s. Although the processing plant ceased operation in the 1990s, Hg contamination (due to residual Hg) remains significant. Previous studies in the area since the plant's closure have found elevated Hg concentrations in fish, and that these concentrations were as a direct consequence of widespread contamination of the Hg processing plant operations conducted between the 1980s and 1990s.
- Publication
Environmental science and pollution research international, 2011, Vol 18, Issue 7, p1079
- ISSN
1614-7499
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-011-0458-8