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    Assessing Mercury and Methylmercury levels in the Wabigoon River with special attention on mercury methylation

    Year: 2024, 2024
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Paiva Bento, Beatriz, Thesis advisor (ths): Hintelmann, Holger, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>The Wabigoon River is known for an historic mercury (Hg) pollution source, caused by a chlor-alkali facility operating in the 1960s. As legacy Hg contamination continues to cause serious adverse health effects to the local communities living in the Wabigoon River region, it is imperative to undertake additional research to understand the deposition and transport of historical mercury in… more