Mercury emissions, hazards and preventive measures: A review

The impact of mercury emission on environment by natural and anthropogenic sourcesmakes the global village worried recently. In particularly, in Europe, its level of emission is quite highdue to power plants and their industrial processes. Thus, more attention is paid to it on account of itspotentia...

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Main Authors: Abbas, T., Nazir, S., Mrugalska, B., Mutalib, M.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Published: CRC Press/Balkema 2015
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spelling utp-eprints.262772021-08-30T07:17:00Z Mercury emissions, hazards and preventive measures: A review Abbas, T. Nazir, S. Mrugalska, B. Mutalib, M. The impact of mercury emission on environment by natural and anthropogenic sourcesmakes the global village worried recently. In particularly, in Europe, its level of emission is quite highdue to power plants and their industrial processes. Thus, more attention is paid to it on account of itspotential hazard for workers and environment. It is vital that its level of pollution should be decreased byemission sources. The paper highlights the basic mercury sources in Europe. It also provides details abouttransportation of mercury into human body via different systems. Moreover, the associated hazards andpreventive steps are widely discussed. Finally, mercury removal technologies are presented. © 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, London. CRC Press/Balkema 2015 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84941702484&doi=10.1201%2fb18042-83&partnerID=40&md5=94654cf9c8fe2583bd0f1eb4de41e45f Abbas, T. and Nazir, S. and Mrugalska, B. and Mutalib, M. (2015) Mercury emissions, hazards and preventive measures: A review. In: UNSPECIFIED. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/26277/
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description The impact of mercury emission on environment by natural and anthropogenic sourcesmakes the global village worried recently. In particularly, in Europe, its level of emission is quite highdue to power plants and their industrial processes. Thus, more attention is paid to it on account of itspotential hazard for workers and environment. It is vital that its level of pollution should be decreased byemission sources. The paper highlights the basic mercury sources in Europe. It also provides details abouttransportation of mercury into human body via different systems. Moreover, the associated hazards andpreventive steps are widely discussed. Finally, mercury removal technologies are presented. © 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, London.
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author Abbas, T.
Nazir, S.
Mrugalska, B.
Mutalib, M.
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Mrugalska, B.
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Mercury emissions, hazards and preventive measures: A review
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title_full Mercury emissions, hazards and preventive measures: A review
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