Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Environmental mercury contamination around a chlor-alkali plant

  • Published:
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Bull KR, Roberts RD, Inskip MJ, Goodman GT (1977) Mercury concentrations in soil, grass, earthworms and small mammals near an industrial emission source. Environ Pollut 12:135–140

    Google Scholar 

  • Clough WS (1975) The deposition of particles on moss and grass surfaces. Atmos Environ 9:1113–1119

    Google Scholar 

  • Goodman GT, Smith S, Parry GDR, Inskip MJ (1974) The use of mossbags as deposition gauges for air-borne metals. Proc Conf Nat Soc Clean Air 16 pp.

  • Högström U, Enger L, Svedung I (1979) A study of atmospheric mercury dispersion. Atmos Environ 13:465–476

    Google Scholar 

  • Jernelöv A, Wallin T (1963) Air-borne mercury fall-out on snow around five Swedish chlor-alkali plants. Atmos Environ 7:209–214

    Google Scholar 

  • Lockeretz W (1974) Deposition of airborne mercury near point sources. Water Air Soil Pollut 3:179–193

    Google Scholar 

  • Lodenius M (1981) Observations on mercury fall-out in terrestrial vegetation around three Finnish chlor-alkali works. Luonnon Tutkija 85:174–175

    Google Scholar 

  • Lodenius M (1980) Aquatic plants and littoral sediments as indicators of mercury pollution in some areas in Finland. Ann Bot Fenn 17:336–340

    Google Scholar 

  • Lodenius M (1981) Regional distribution of mercury in Hypogymnia physodes in Finland. Ambio 10:183–184

    Google Scholar 

  • Lodenius M, Herranen M (1981) Influence of a chlor-alkali plant on the mercury contents of fungi. Chemosphere 10:313–318

    Google Scholar 

  • Mäkinen A (1977) Moss- and peat-bags in air pollution monitoring. Suo 28:79–88

    Google Scholar 

  • Wallin T (1976) Deposition of airborne mercury from six Swedish chlor-alkali plants surveyed by moss analysis. Environ Pollut 10:101–114

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Environmental Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 71, SF-00710, Finland

    Martin Lodenius & Esa Tulisalo

Authors
  1. Martin Lodenius
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Esa Tulisalo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Lodenius, M., Tulisalo, E. Environmental mercury contamination around a chlor-alkali plant. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 32, 439–444 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01607520

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01607520

Keywords

Search

Navigation