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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May 21st, 2010
Scientists at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology have found that the acceptable critical upper limit for mercury in soils is just 0.13 parts per million. The critical limit was defined at five per cent, which means that 95 per cent of the organisms will be unaffected by 0.13 microgrammes of mercury per gram of soil.
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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