Total mercury in soil and leachate from municipal solid waste dumping grounds in Mumbai, India

Bhave, Prashant P.; Sadhwani, Karan; Dhadwad, Mayur

doi:10.1007/s12665-021-10156-0

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“…Seepage of water from mining sites enters lakes, water streams, and rivers and accumulates Hg for many years [47]. Coal combustion is another great source of Hg release in the atmosphere accounting to a total of 71%, 46% of which comes from industrial plants and 35% from power generation plants [48]. Production of Hg, silver, and other chemicals also pose the risk of mercury contamination which varies across the countries like Asia (16%), North America (30%), and Europe (27%).…”

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A Retrospection on Mercury Contamination, Bioaccumulation, and Toxicity in Diverse Environments: Current Insights and Future Prospects

Kumar,

Umesh,

Shanmugam

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Owing to various industrial applications of mercury (Hg), its release into the environment at high concentration is becoming a great threat to living organisms on a global scale. Human exposure to Hg is greatly correlated with contamination in the food chain through cereal crops and sea foods. Since Hg is a non-essential component and does not possess a biological role and exhibits carcinogenic and genotoxic behaviour, biomonitoring with a focus on biomagnification of higher living animals and plants is the need of the hour. This review traces the plausible relationship between Hg concentration, chemical form, exposure, bioavailability, bioaccumulation, distribution, and ecotoxicology. The toxicity with molecular mechanisms, oxidative stress (OS), protein alteration, genomic change, and enzymatic disruptions are discussed. In addition, this review also elaborates advanced strategies for reducing Hg contamination such as algal and phytoremediation, biochar application, catalytical oxidation, and immobilization. Furthermore, there are challenges to overcome and future perspectives considering Hg concentrations, biomarkers, and identification through the nature of exposures are recommended.

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confidence: 99%