Integrating mercury science and policy in the marine context: Challenges and opportunities

Environmental Research

Volumn 119, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-142

  Lambert, Kathleen F ^a   Evers, David C ^b   Warner, Kimberly A ^c   King, Susannah L ^d   Selin, Noelle E ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Oceana   (United States)

^d New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits analysis; Mercury policy; Mitigation; Total maximum daily load; Transboundary pollution

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; WATER;

ABATEMENT COST; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MITIGATION; POLLUTION POLICY; RESEARCH WORK; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIOTA; COASTAL WATERS; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMANS; MERCURY; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870393164     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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