Climate Change Impacts on Environmental and Human Exposure to Mercury in the Arctic
This paper reviews information from the literature and the EU ArcRisk project to assess whether climate change results in an increase or decrease in exposure to mercury (Hg) in the Arctic, and if this in turn will impact the risks related to its harmful effects. It presents the state-of-the art of k...
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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/1660-4601/12/4/3579/ 2023-08-20T04:03:30+02:00 Climate Change Impacts on Environmental and Human Exposure to Mercury in the Arctic Kyrre Sundseth Jozef Pacyna Anna Banel Elisabeth Pacyna Arja Rautio agris 2015-03-31 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120403579 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120403579 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 12; Issue 4; Pages: 3579-3599 mercury climate change Arctic Europe policymaking exposure health Text 2015 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120403579 2023-07-31T20:42:40Z This paper reviews information from the literature and the EU ArcRisk project to assess whether climate change results in an increase or decrease in exposure to mercury (Hg) in the Arctic, and if this in turn will impact the risks related to its harmful effects. It presents the state-of-the art of knowledge on atmospheric mercury emissions from anthropogenic sources worldwide, the long-range transport to the Arctic, and it discusses the likely environmental fate and exposure effects on population groups in the Arctic under climate change conditions. The paper also includes information about the likely synergy effects (co-benefits) current and new climate change polices and mitigation options might have on mercury emissions reductions in the future. The review concludes that reductions of mercury emission from anthropogenic sources worldwide would need to be introduced as soon as possible in order to assure lowering the adverse impact of climate change on human health. Scientific information currently available, however, is not in the position to clearly answer whether climate change will increase or decrease the risk of exposure to mercury in the Arctic. New research should therefore be undertaken to model the relationships between climate change and mercury exposure. Text Arctic Climate change Human health MDPI Open Access Publishing Arctic International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 12 4 3579 3599 |
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This paper reviews information from the literature and the EU ArcRisk project to assess whether climate change results in an increase or decrease in exposure to mercury (Hg) in the Arctic, and if this in turn will impact the risks related to its harmful effects. It presents the state-of-the art of knowledge on atmospheric mercury emissions from anthropogenic sources worldwide, the long-range transport to the Arctic, and it discusses the likely environmental fate and exposure effects on population groups in the Arctic under climate change conditions. The paper also includes information about the likely synergy effects (co-benefits) current and new climate change polices and mitigation options might have on mercury emissions reductions in the future. The review concludes that reductions of mercury emission from anthropogenic sources worldwide would need to be introduced as soon as possible in order to assure lowering the adverse impact of climate change on human health. Scientific information currently available, however, is not in the position to clearly answer whether climate change will increase or decrease the risk of exposure to mercury in the Arctic. New research should therefore be undertaken to model the relationships between climate change and mercury exposure. |
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