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Science 4 June 1971:
Vol. 172. no. 3987, pp. 1027 - 1028
DOI: 10.1126/science.172.3987.1027
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Fossil Fuels as a Source of Mercury Pollution

Oiva I. Joensuu 1

1 School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33149

The upper limit of the quantity of mercury released by weathering processes is approximately 230 metric tons per year. The quantity of mercury released by burning of coal is estimated to be of the order of 3000 tons per year, a quantity comparable to that emitted as waste from industrial processes.


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