Progress on understanding atmospheric mercury hampered by uncertain measurements

Authors

Daniel A. Jaffe, University of Washington
Seth Lyman, Utah State University
Helen Amos, Harvard University
M Gustin, University of Nevada
Jiaoyan Huang, University of Nevada
Noelle E. Selin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Leonard Levin, Palo Alto, California
Arnout Ter Schure, Electric Power Research Institute
Robert P. Mason, University of Connecticut
R Talbot, University of Houston
Andrew Rutter, Carroll University
Brandon Finley, University of Washington
Lyatt Jaegle, University of Washington
Viral Shah, University of Washington
Crystal Mcclure, University of Washington
Jesse Ambrose, University of Washington
Lynne Gratz, University of Washington
Steven Lindberg, Graeagle, California
Peter Weiss-Penzias, University of California
Guey-Rong Sheu, National Central University
Dara Feddersen, University of New Hampshire
Milena Horvat, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Ashu Dastoor, Environment Canada
Anthony J. Hynes, University of Miami
Huiting Mao, State University of New York
Jeroen E. Sonke, Universite Paul Sabatier
Franz Slemr, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Jenny A. Fisher, University of WollongongFollow
Ralf Ebinghaus, Institute of Coastal Research
Yanxu Zhang, Harvard University
Grant Edwards, Macquarie University

RIS ID

91789

Publication Details

Jaffe, D. A., Lyman, S., Amos, H. M., Gustin, M. S., Huang, J., Selin, N. E., Levin, L., Ter Schure, A., Mason, R. P., Talbot, R., Rutter, A., Finley, B., Jaegle, L., Shah, V., Mcclure, C., Ambrose, J., Gratz, L., Lindberg, S., Weiss-Penzias, P., Sheu, G., Feddersen, D., Horvat, M., Dastoor, A., Hynes, A. J., Mao, H., Sonke, J. E., Slemr, F., Fisher, J. A., Ebinghaus, R., Zhang, Y. & Edwards, G. (2014). Progress on understanding atmospheric mercury hampered by uncertain measurements. Environmental Science and Technology (Washington), 48 (13), 7204-7206.

Abstract

Mercury (Hg) is a potent neurotoxin and globally reducing environmental levels is seen as paramount for protecting human and wildlife health. In 2013, many countries finalized the negotiations on, and have now signed, the Minamata Convention on Mercury, which commits participating countries to reduce emissions and use of mercury. Successful implementation of the treaty will require adequate verification through globalmonitoring.