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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2021

Mercury methylation in cyanide influenced river sediments: A comparative study in Southwestern Ghana.

Delali Tulasi, Vesna Fajon, Joze Kotnik, Yaroslav Shlyapnikov, Dennis K Adotey, Yaw Serfor-Armah, Milena Horvat

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Article in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Delali TulasiJozef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia. d.tulasi@gaecgh.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5356-7869
Vesna FajonDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Joze KotnikDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Yaroslav ShlyapnikovJozef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Dennis K AdoteySchool of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Yaw Serfor-ArmahSchool of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Milena HorvatJozef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Jožef Stefan Institute · SIUniversity of Ghana · GH

Funding

Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (IT)/International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) INT0089American Roentgen Ray Society P-0143
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies on the influence of CN on Hg methylation rates in aquatic systems draining gold mining (artisanal and small-scale) communities in Africa are rare. The study assessed the influence of CN on Hg methylation in aquatic sediments of two major river systems draining artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) communities of the Prestea-Huni Valley district, Southwestern Ghana. The miners extract gold (Au) through exclusive amalgam [Hg-Au] formation or cyanidation of Au-rich Hg-contaminated tailings, or a combination of both techniques. Hg water solubility and probable mercuric compounds in sediments of Hg-contaminated CN-loaded (River Aprepre) and Hg-contaminated non-CN (River Ankobra) aquatic systems within the district were investigated. THg was determined by CV-AAS after HF/HNO

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MercuryMethylmercury CompoundsWater Pollutants, ChemicalCyanidesEnvironmental MonitoringGeologic SedimentsGhanaMethylationRiversCyanidesMercuryMethylmercury CompoundsWater Pollutants, ChemicalCyanideGold miningHg-contaminated tailingsMercury water solubilityMethylmercurySouthwestern Ghana

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PMID33694002
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