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Factors Affecting Elevated Arsenic and Methyl Mercury Concentrations in Small Shield Lakes Surrounding Gold Mines near the Yellowknife, NT, (Canada) Region
Gold mines in the Yellowknife, NT, region—in particular, the Giant Mine—operated from 1949–99, releasing 237,000 tonnes of waste arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3)) dust, among other compounds, from gold ore extraction and roasting processes. For the first time, we show the geospatial distribution of roast...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4822959/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27050658 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150960 |