Mercury in rice paddy fields and how does some agricultural activities affect the translocation and transformation of mercury - A critical review

Sulfur Conversion to Multifunctional Poly(O-thiocarbamate)s through Multicomponent Polymerizations of Sulfur, Diols, and Diisocyanides

“…Mercury is a global contaminant because it can travel a long distance through the atmosphere, resulting in wide distribution of Hg in water, air, and soil. 58,59 Since knowledge of the toxicity of mercury was intensified following the deaths of hundreds of people caused by Minamata disease in Japan in the 1950s, the hazards of mercury have been highly addressed by scientists around the world. 60 To date, environmental mercury contamination is still a great threat to our world, and numerous studies have been made to detect mercury ions.…”

Matrix effects on the performance and mechanism of Hg removal from groundwater by MoS2 nanosheets

“…1,2 Generally, Hg in the environment is generated from industrial activities, agriculture, and natural sources. [3][4][5][6] In groundwater, Hg mainly exists as inorganic species (an average of 84% of soluble Hg) 7 and Hg pollution occurs via deep-well disposal of liquid wastes, the leachate from a number of contaminated sources such as landlls, sewage, mine tailings, and industrial waste lagoons. 8 Exposure to Hg has been reported to cause various adverse health effects on the nervous, renal, and endocrine systems.…”

Sensitive determination of mercury by magnetic dispersive solid-phase extraction combined with flow-injection-cold vapour-graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry

“…Mercury is one of the most toxic elements, and its presence in the environment arises from anthropogenic and natural sources such as geothermal activity, volcanic events, weathering of rocks, coal and oil combustion, waste incineration, agricultural activities, metal rening and manufacturing. [1][2][3] Upon exposure to mercury above the permissible limits, the human nervous system, immune system, brain, kidneys, heart, stomach and lungs can be seriously damaged. 4 The World Health Organization (WHO) has set a limit of 1.6 mg per kg body weight per week for total Hg due to the high bioaccumulation factor.…”