Environmental forensics approach to source investigation in a mercury contaminated river: Insights from mercury stable isotopes.

Isotope fingerprinting Mercury contamination Sediment Source tracing Wastewater

Journal

Journal of hazardous materials
ISSN: 1873-3336
Titre abrégé: J Hazard Mater
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9422688

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 12 06 2023
revised: 10 08 2023
accepted: 12 09 2023
medline: 21 9 2023
pubmed: 21 9 2023
entrez: 20 9 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Environmental forensics approach was applied to assess the efficacy of mercury (Hg) stable isotopes for source screening and decision-making in the Hyeongsan River, South Korea. Four Hg contamination scenarios were identified- atmospheric Hg emissions from a steel manufacturing industry, upstream riverine Hg transport, and industrial Hg releases and historical landfill collapse from Gumu Creek. The absence of significant Hg isotope difference between the Hyeongsan River sediments (δ

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132559 PMID: 37729710
pubmed: 37729710
pii: S0304-3894(23)01842-3
doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132559
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

132559

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Auteurs

Young Gwang Kim (YG)

Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang 37673, South Korea.

Sae Yun Kwon (SY)

Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang 37673, South Korea; Institute for Convergence Research and Education in Advanced Technology, Yonsei University, 85 Songdogwahak-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon 21983, South Korea. Electronic address: saeyunk@postech.ac.kr.

Spencer J Washburn (SJ)

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., 100 Washington Ave. S, Suite 1590, Minneapolis, MN 55401, USA.

Yongseok Hong (Y)

Department of Environmental Engineering, Korea University Sejong Campus, 2511 Sejong-Ro, Sejong City 30019, South Korea.

Seung Hee Han (SH)

School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 123 Cheomdangwagi-Ro, Buk-Gu, Gwangju 61005, South Korea.

Mikyung Lee (M)

Water Environmental Engineering Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research, 42 Hwangyeong-Ro, Seo-Gu, Incheon 22689, South Korea.

Ji Hyoung Park (JH)

Water Environmental Engineering Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research, 42 Hwangyeong-Ro, Seo-Gu, Incheon 22689, South Korea.

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