Concentrations of metals in Norton Sound seawater samples and human hair samples, 1989

• Main Authors: Crecelius, E.A., Apts, C.W., Lasorsa, B.K. )
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ARSENIC; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; CADMIUM; COPPER; HAIR; SAMPLING; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; SEAWATER; MONITORING; SEDIMENTS; ZINC; ALASKA; COMPILED DATA; FEDERAL REGION X; HEALTH HAZARDS; MAN; METALS; METHYLMERCURY; PLUMES; ANIMALS; BODY; DATA; ELEMENTS; HAZARDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INFORMATION; MAMMALS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NORTH AMERICA; NUMERICAL DATA; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC MERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PRIMATES; SEMIMETALS; SKIN; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; USA; VERTEBRATES; WATER; Pacific; Norton Sound; Nome; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/7138405; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7138405; https://doi.org/10.2172/7138405

A limited survey conducted in the summer of 1989 indicted that concentrations of seven metals(As, Cd, Hg, Ni, Pb, Zn) in Norton Sound seawater are typical of coastal seawater. Of particular interest was Hg, which was determined to be in the range of 1 to 2 ng/L. Pacific Northwest Laboratory staff sa...