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Concentrations of Mercury and Other Inorganic Ions in Wet Precipitation Collected from a Mountain Mining Zone and an Urban Area in Central Mexico

Overview of attention for article published in Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, July 2018
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Title
Concentrations of Mercury and Other Inorganic Ions in Wet Precipitation Collected from a Mountain Mining Zone and an Urban Area in Central Mexico
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Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, July 2018
DOI 10.1007/s00128-018-2393-6
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R. García, R. Pérez, A. Kotsarenko, H. Álvarez, H. Barrera, A. Carrillo-Chavez, O. Peralta, J. Campos, R. Torres, G. Hernández

Abstract

We measured and compared mercury (Hg) and other ions in rainwater collected in San Joaquin (mining zone) and Juriquilla (urban area), central Mexico, from 2009 to 2012. A total of 274 rainwater samples were collected and analyzed for pH, electrical conductivity, [Formula: see text] Cl-, [Formula: see text] Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and Hg. Mercury concentrations in rainwater varied from 24.21 to 248.89 (x-bar = 86.97 ± 10.77) µg L- 1 in San Joaquin (mining zone) and 11.26 to 176.91 (x-bar = 81.51 ± 10.24) µg L- 1 in Juriquilla (urban area). Rainwater sample were collected over periods 1-3 days, depending upon precipitation frequency. Significant correlations (p < 0.05) were found between [Formula: see text] Cl-, [Formula: see text] Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and Hg at the San Joaquin site. Significant correlations were obtained between [Formula: see text] Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and Hg at the Juriquilla site. In order to determine if there were significant differences among each measured parameter in rainwater collected in San Joaquin and Juriquilla, Kruskal-Wallis test was applied to data. We emphasized that the distribution and concentrations of Hg and the studied ions in rainwater samples were affected by atmospheric dust and local meteorological conditions of wind-speed and direction.

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Unknown 18 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 22%
Student > Bachelor 3 17%
Professor 2 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 11%
Lecturer 1 6%
Other 2 11%
Unknown 4 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 4 22%
Environmental Science 2 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 6%
Arts and Humanities 1 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 6%
Other 3 17%
Unknown 6 33%
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#15,827,358
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#2,483
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#201,399
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#7
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