Mercury Accumulation in Food Crops and Phytoremediation Potential of Wild Plants Thriving in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Areas in Uganda

Mercury (Hg) has been used for millennia in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) to extract gold from ore as an amalgam that is heated to recover gold. Since there is hardly any sustainable technology that can be used to recover it, the vast percentage of released Hg finds its way into the e...

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出版年:	Pollutants
主要な著者:	Jamilu E. Ssenku, Betty Naziriwo, Jennifer Kutesakwe, Abubakar Sadik Mustafa, Derrick Kayeera, Emmanuel Tebandeke
フォーマット:	論文
言語:	英語
出版事項:	MDPI AG 2023-03-01
主題:	artisanal mercury small-scale gold mining phytoremediation potential
オンライン･アクセス:	https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4672/3/2/14