Browsing by Subject "Mercury"

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    • The heavy metal content of Gaborone secondary sewage effluent in Botswana 

      Emongor, V. E.; Ramolemana, G. M.; Machacha, S.; Khonga, E. B.; Marumo, K. (Botswana University of Agriculture & Natural Resources, 2005)
      The objective of this study was to determine the heavy metal content of the Gaborone secondary effluent in Botswana before its discharged to the Notwane river. Secondary effluent water was sampled every month for one ...

    • The tropical African mercury anomaly: Lower than expected mercury concentrations in fish and human hair. 

      Black, Frank; Bokhutlo, Thethela; Somoxa, Aaron; Maethamako, Mothusi; Modisaemang, Ontlogetse; Kemosedile, Thebe; Cobb-Adams, Cristina; Mosepele, Ketlhatlogile; chimbari, moses (Elsevier, 2011-02-20)
      Mercury is a neurotoxin and global pollutant, and wetlands and newly flooded areas are known to be sites of enhanced production of monomethylmercury, the form of mercury that is readily biomagnified in aquatic food chains ...