Mercury in air and soil on an urban-rural transect in East Africa

There are large knowledge gaps concerning concentrations, sources, emissions, and spatial trends of mercury (Hg) in the atmosphere in developing regions of the Southern Hemisphere, particularly in urban areas. Filling these gaps is a prerequisite for assessing the effectiveness of international regu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental science--processes & impacts 2022-06, Vol.24 (6), p.921-931
Hauptverfasser: Nipen, Maja, Jørgensen, Susanne Jøntvedt, Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla, Borgå, Katrine, Breivik, Knut, Mmochi, Aviti John, Mwakalapa, Eliezer Brown, Quant, M. Isabel, Schlabach, Martin, Vogt, Rolf David, Wania, Frank
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Zusammenfassung:There are large knowledge gaps concerning concentrations, sources, emissions, and spatial trends of mercury (Hg) in the atmosphere in developing regions of the Southern Hemisphere, particularly in urban areas. Filling these gaps is a prerequisite for assessing the effectiveness of international regulation and for enabling a better understanding of the global transport of Hg in the environment. Here we use a passive sampling technique to study the spatial distribution of gaseous elemental Hg (Hg(0), GEM) and assess emission sources in and around Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's largest city. Included in the study were the city's main municipal waste dumpsite and an e-waste processing facility as potential sources of GEM. To complement the GEM data and for a better overview of the Hg contamination status of Dar es Salaam, soil samples were collected from the same locations where passive air samplers were deployed and analysed for total Hg. Overall, GEM concentrations ranged between
ISSN:2050-7887
2050-7895
DOI:10.1039/d2em00040g