Mercury in European agricultural and grazing land soils

Mercury in the Urban Topsoil of Athens, Greece

“…In contrast to natural soil settings where a strong correlation of TOC and Hg is anticipated and the fact that clay-rich soils are known to contain elevated Hg amounts [41], the influence of these parameters on Hg loadings in Athens soil is not important. Only for TOC, there is a statistically significant correlation with Hg levels demonstrating that TOC only partially explains Hg variability, in line with findings by [12] and Tack et al (2005) [13].…”

“…Those concentrations have been ascribed to existing chemical laboratories [5] and the historical use of Hg in classical gardens [33]. On the other hand, and considering soil environments that are not expected to be highly contaminated by Hg, as in the case of European agricultural soils (median value of 0.030 mg·kg −1 , [41]) and agricultural soils from Argolida Basin in Greece (median of 0.036 mg·kg −1 , unpublished data), the concentrations in Athens soil tend to be higher. Furthermore, differences of over 100 times were observed between minimum and maximum concentrations, reflecting a high degree of spatial heterogeneity in Hg content.…”

Patterns and source analysis for atmospheric mercury at Auchencorth Moss, Scotland

“…mg kg -1 of mercury relative to a European median of 0.03 mg kg -1 . 71 Tipping et al (201) showed similar levels of >0.163 mg kg -1 for the area in which Auchencorth Moss is located. 72 Tipping et al also express soil mercury in terms of 'soil mercury pools', an expression of 285 mass of metal per unit area.…”

Comprehensive waste characterization and organic pollution co-occurrence in a Hg and As mining and metallurgy brownfield

“…Coal combustion, waste incineration, and metallurgy, are also responsible for a substantial increase in Hg concentrations in the environment [1][2][3][4]. Exposure to this heavy metal is recognized as a risk to both humans and the environment [5].…”