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0861 |aEn13-5/90-30E-PDF
1001 |aNriagu, Jerome O., |d1942- |eauthor.
24510|aGlobal metal pollution / |cJ. O. Nriagu.
264 1|aBurlington, Ontario : |bEnvironment Canada, National Water Research Institute = Environnement Canada, Institut national de recherche sur les eaux, |c[1990]
300 |a1 online resource (15 pages, 9 unnumbered pages).
336 |atext|btxt|2rdacontent
337 |acomputer|bc|2rdamedia
338 |aonline resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
4901 |aNWRI contribution ; |v90-30
500 |aTitle from cover.
500 |aDigitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
504 |aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 |a"This is an invited feature article to be published in the journal, Environment. The report provides a review of the sources, distribution and fate of trace elements in various environmental compartments. Present-day emissions of metals into the biosphere by mining and industrial activities exceed the mobilization by natural weathering processes by several orders of magnitude for such metals as lead, copper, mercury, cadmium, chromium and zinc. The conclusion is reached that the contamination of our environment with toxic metals has become a global phenomenon and that the current levels of metal pollution may be harmful to the most sensitive organisms in some ecosystems. The human perturbation of the regional and global trace metal cycles is highlighted and concern is expressed about the growing trace metal pollution in the developing countries"--Executive summary.
546 |aIncludes executive summary in English and French.
69207|2gccst|aMetals
69207|2gccst|aPollutants
69207|2gccst|aEnvironmental impact
7101 |aCanada. |bEnvironment Canada.
7102 |aNational Water Research Institute (Canada)
830#0|aNWRI contribution ;|v90-30.|w(CaOODSP)9.844121
85640|qPDF|s2.92 MB|uhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2019/eccc/en13-5/En13-5-90-30-eng.pdf