Reduction of mercury emissions from anthropogenic sources including coal combustion

• 作者: Zhuang Li Baowei Chen Yanbin Li X.Chris Le
• 来源期刊: 环境科学学报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（2）
• 页码范围: 363-368
• 页数: 6页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Mercury(Hg)ranks number three,after arsenic(As)and lead(Pb),on the Substance Priority List of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry(ATSDR,2019).Mercury species,especially methylmercury(MeHg)and mercury vapor(Hg0),are particularly toxic to neurological and developmen-tal systems.Exposure to high concentrations of methylmer-cury or mercury vapor can cause damages to the brain,kid-neys,and developing fetus.Exposure to lower concentrations of mercury may also have adverse health effects on fetal growth,neurocognitive function,and the cardio-vascular sys-tem(Karagas et al.,2012).