Download or read book Proceedings of Workshop on Mercury Contamination in Florida written by Florida State University. Center for Biomedical and Toxicological Research and Waste Management and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the Workshop was to consider the research that is needed to assess the long-term consequences of mercury contamination in Florida.

Download or read book Mercury Contamination in Florida written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercury--a heavy metal that can cause severe health damage--pollutes Florida's waterways and fish at levels that threaten the health of Florida's residents. Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of mercury in Florida, and are likely a major cause of mercury pollution in the state's waters. There are two ways the state can reduce mercury emissions--through proper enforcement of the Clean Water Act and by imposing tough air pollution standards on power plants.

Download or read book Mercury Contamination in Florida Panthers written by Melody E. Roelke and published by . This book was released on 1991* with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Ecological Risk Assessment of the Impact of Mercury Contamination in the Florida Everglades written by Nicole Ushakoff Jurczyk and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mercury Levels in Marine and Estuarine Fishes of Florida 1989 2001 written by Douglas H. Adams and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mercury Perception Community Awareness and Sustainability Implications for the Tampa Bay Region Florida written by Trina Halfhide and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: Over one million acres of land and water in Florida has been classified as impaired by mercury. Approximately 80% of national fish advisories are issued due to mercury contamination. There have been a number of consumption advisories in the Tampa Bay Region for locally eaten fish such as largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), bowfin (Amia calva), and alligator gar (Lepisosteus osseus). The main purpose of this study was to determine if there is adequate dissemination of mercury related risk information by government agencies to recreational and subsistence fishermen in the Tampa Bay Region. This research revealed that government agencies utilized simplified models when addressing mercury consumption risks in Tampa Bay. Most of the popular fishing sites and public parks in the Tampa Bay Region have no advisory signs warning fishers of possible mercury contamination in fish. The majority of survey respondents (88.4%) consumed the fish they caught. There was statistically significant evidence suggesting online sources of public health information influenced viewing of fish advisories. This study determined factors: sex of licensee, above median levels of income and type of license also influenced viewing of fish advisories. Results indicated that women were less likely to view fish advisories than men. In addition, the viewing of fish advisory information by women of reproductive age was not significantly different to all other female age groups. Behavior among participants varied and was dependent on individual perception of mercury risks and nutritional benefits associated with consumption of fish.

Download or read book Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination written by and published by S E T A C Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Health Study to Assess the Human Health Effects of Mercury Exposure to Fish Consumed from the Everglades written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comparing the Mercury Contamination of Fish Tissue Samples in Palm Beach County Broward County and Miami Dade County written by Mirelle Dawoud and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans are most prevalently exposed to mercury through the consumption of fish, which are exposed to mercury in water through local and global pollution. Local point sources for pollution are sewage sludge exposed to the atmosphere in water treatment facilities and landfills. In this study, 17 fish tissue samples were analyzed from 5 collection sites in Southeastern Florida. I compared three counties, Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami Dade, in order to correlate the amounts of contamination to local point source pollution proximity. Analysis of the tissue samples was performed at Jupiter Environmental Laboratories Incorporated using a PSA 10.025 Millennium Merlin mercury analyzer according to the standards of EPA 1631. The data collected from the analyzed specimen demonstrated that Miami Dade had lower increases in bioaccumulation. The samples collected in Palm Beach County and Broward County were fairly homogenous and did not show statistical significance for proximity to local point source pollution.

Download or read book Mercury Contamination of Great Egret Nestlings Ardea Albus from Southern Florida and Its Effects on Health and Survival written by Maria Soledad Sepulveda and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proceedings and Summary Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mercury and the Everglades A Synthesis and Model for Complex Ecosystem Restoration written by Curtis D. Pollman and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-28 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the final installation in a three-volume series synthesizing 30 years of mercury research in the Florida Everglades. The first part of this book evaluates the occurrence of trends in both biota mercury concentrations and atmospheric mercury deposition. Through both empirical and deterministic analyses, the likely drivers of biota trends are identified. These analyses help lay the predicate for devising an overall strategy to mitigate and manage the Everglades mercury problem. The book concludes with a model analysis of the likely benefits and uncertainty attendant with implementing the leading candidate strategy for best reducing the Everglades mercury problem.

Download or read book Annotated Bibliography of Mercury Studies Related to the Environment and Geologic Setting of Florida written by Paulette Bond and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mercury as a Global Pollutant written by Donald B. Porcella and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 1291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiv PART I MERCURY AND HUMAN HEALTH B. WHEATLEY and S. PARADIS I Exposure of Canadian Aboriginal Peoples to Methylmercury 3-11 M. GIRARD and C. DUMONT I Exposure of James Bay Cree to Methylmercury during Pregnancy for the Years 1983-91 13-19 M. RICHARDSON, M. MITCHELL, S. COAD and R. RAPHAEL I Exposure to Mercury in Canada: A Multimedia Analysis 21-30 M. RICHARDSON, M. EGYED and D. J. CURRIE I Human Exposure to Mercury may Decrease as Acidic Deposition Increases 31-39 L. E. FLEMING, S. WATKINS, R. KADERMAN, B. LEVIN, D. R. AVYAR, M. BIZZIO, D. STEPHENS and J. A. BEAN I Mercury Exposure in Humans through Food Consumption from the Everglades of Florida 41-48 J. M. GEARHART, H. J. CLEWELL III, K. S. CRUMP, A. M. SHIPP and A. SILVERS I Pharmacokinetic Dose Estimates of Mercury in Children and Dose-Response Curves of Performance Tests in a Large Epidemiological Study 49-58 I. SKARE I Mass Balance and Systemic Uptake of Mercury Released from Dental Amalgam Fillings 59-67 J. DELLINGER, N. KMIECIK, S. GERSTENBERGER and H. NGU I Mercury Contamina tion of Fish in the Ojibwa Diet: I. Walleye Fillets and Skin-On versus Skin-Off Sampling 69-76 J. DELLINGER, L. MALEK and M. BEATTIE I Mercury Contamination of Fish in the Ojibwa Diet: II. Sensory Evoked Responses in Rats Fed Walleye 77-83 H. AKAGI, O. MALM, F. J. P. BRANCHES, Y. KINJO, Y. KASHIMA, J. R. D. GUIMARAES, R. B. OLIVEIRA, K. HARAGUCHI, W. C. PFEIFFER, Y.

Download or read book Mercury and the Everglades A Synthesis and Model for Complex Ecosystem Restoration written by Darren G. Rumbold and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book integrates 30 years of mercury research in the Florida Everglades to inform scientists and policy makers. The Everglades is an iconic ecosystem by virtue of its expanse; diversity of biota; and multiple international designations. Despite this, the Everglades has been subjected to multiple threats including: habitat loss, hydrologic alterations, invasive species and altered water quality. Less well recognized as a threat to Everglades human use and wildlife populations is the toxic metal, mercury. The first half of Volume II focuses on biogeochemistry and factors unique to the Everglades that make it extraordinarily susceptible to mercury methylation following its deposition: warm subtropical climate, shallow depth, high levels of dissolved organic matter, sulfate contamination, nutrient enrichment and sediment redox conditions (for review of atmospheric mercury deposition significance, see Vol. I). The second half of Volume II answers the “so what” question – why biomagnification of the methylmercury produced in the Everglades is a threat to the health of top predators including humans. The results of the synthesis presented in Volume II suggest that the mercury problem in the Florida Everglades is one of the worst in the world due to its areal extent and the degree of risk to ecological receptors and humans.

Download or read book Mercury study report to Congress Vol 6 written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mercury Pollution in the Kirkwood Cohansey Aquifer written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: