The Legacy of the Idrija Mine Twenty-Five Years after Closing: Is Mercury in the Water Column of the Gulf of Trieste Still an Environmental Issue?


Journal

International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN: 1660-4601
Titre abrégé: Int J Environ Res Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101238455

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
28 09 2021
Historique:
received: 03 08 2021
revised: 16 09 2021
accepted: 23 09 2021
entrez: 13 10 2021
pubmed: 14 10 2021
medline: 26 10 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Mercury (Hg) contamination in the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea) due to mining activity in Idrija (Slovenia) still represents an issue of environmental concern. The Isonzo/Soča River's freshwater inputs have been identified as the main source of Hg into the Gulf, especially following periods of medium-high discharge. This research aims to evaluate the occurrence and distribution of dissolved (DHg) and particulate (PHg) Hg along the water column in the northernmost sector of the Gulf, a shallow and sheltered embayment suitable for the accumulation of fine sediments. Sediment and water samples were collected under unperturbed and perturbed environmental conditions induced by natural and anthropogenic factors. Mercury in the sediments (0.77-6.39 µg g

Identifiants

pubmed: 34639493
pii: ijerph181910192
doi: 10.3390/ijerph181910192
pmc: PMC8508114
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Water Pollutants, Chemical 0
Water 059QF0KO0R
Mercury FXS1BY2PGL

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

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Auteurs

Elena Pavoni (E)

Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze, Università Degli Studi di Trieste, Via Weiss 2, 34128 Trieste, Italy.

Elisa Petranich (E)

Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze, Università Degli Studi di Trieste, Via Weiss 2, 34128 Trieste, Italy.

Sergio Signore (S)

Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale-Porto di Trieste, Via Karl Ludwig Von Bruck 3, 34144 Trieste, Italy.

Giorgio Fontolan (G)

Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze, Università Degli Studi di Trieste, Via Weiss 2, 34128 Trieste, Italy.

Stefano Covelli (S)

Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze, Università Degli Studi di Trieste, Via Weiss 2, 34128 Trieste, Italy.

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