In the ancient Andes, mercury was mined, retorted, and used for small-scale gold production and cinnabar was used as a part of funeral rites.  Colombia's most well-known mercury mine, Mina La Esperanza (Dept. Caldas), ...

A flow injection (FI) system, which is coupled to an atomic absorption spectrometer, is proposed for organic and inorganic mercury speciation. The FI system consists basically of three three way-solenoid valves, a gas/liquid ...

Mercury stored in forests can be volatilized to the atmosphere during fires. Many factors influence this process such as mercury concentration, vegetation loading and the soil temperature reached during the fire. We ...