BBC News 28 August 2010 Environmental and animal-welfare groups are urging the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to persuade the World Health Organization (WHO) to act over
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CEH measures many atmospheric chemicals at its EMEP superersite Auchencorth Moss, 15 miles south of Edinburgh in the Scottish Borders. Of interest with respect to the
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing final rules that will cut emissions of mercury from Portland cement manufacturing, the third-largest source of mercury
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June 18th, 2009
Mercury is a global pollutant arising from many sources, including biomass burning, which includes both wildfires and intentional fires to clear land. A recent study estimates that mercury emissions from BMB make up 8 per cent of total global mercury emissions.
Prof David Pyle
Dr Murray Gardner
Dr John Holmes, Dr Mel Witt,
Dr Tamsin Mather,
Dr Mike Roberts (Defra),
Dr Lesley Sloss (IEA CCC),
Dr Warren Corns (PS Analytical)
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