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History of mercury use and environmental contamination at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant by Brooks, Scott C., Southworth, George R.

“…Between 1950 and 1963 approximately 11 million kilograms of mercury (Hg) were used at the Oak Ridge Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12 NSC) for lithium…”
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Experimental evidence for recovery of mercury-contaminated fish populations by Blanchfield, Paul J., Rudd, John W. M., Hrenchuk, Lee E., Amyot, Marc, Babiarz, Christopher L., Beaty, Ken G., Bodaly, R. A. Drew, Branfireun, Brian A., Gilmour, Cynthia C., Graydon, Jennifer A., Hall, Britt D., Harris, Reed C., Heyes, Andrew, Hintelmann, Holger, Hurley, James P., Kelly, Carol A., Krabbenhoft, David P., Lindberg, Steve E., Mason, Robert P., Paterson, Michael J., Podemski, Cheryl L., Sandilands, Ken A., Southworth, George R., St Louis, Vincent L., Tate, Lori S., Tate, Michael T.

“…Anthropogenic releases of mercury (Hg) 1 – 3 are a human health issue 4 because the potent toxicant methylmercury (MeHg), formed primarily by microbial…”
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Whole-ecosystem study shows rapid fish-mercury response to changes in mercury deposition by Harris, Reed C, Rudd, John W.M, Amyot, Marc, Babiarz, Christopher L, Beaty, Ken G, Blanchfield, Paul J, Bodaly, R.A, Branfireun, Brian A, Gilmour, Cynthia C, Graydon, Jennifer A, Heyes, Andrew, Hintelmann, Holger, Hurley, James P, Kelly, Carol A, Krabbenhoft, David P, Lindberg, Steve E, Mason, Robert P, Paterson, Michael J, Podemski, Cheryl L, Robinson, Art, Sandilands, Ken A, Southworth, George R, St. Louis, Vincent L, Tate, Michael T

“…Methylmercury contamination of fisheries from centuries of industrial atmospheric emissions negatively impacts humans and wildlife worldwide. The response of…”
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Kinetic Controls on the Complexation between Mercury and Dissolved Organic Matter in a Contaminated Environment by Miller, Carrie L, Southworth, George, Brooks, Scott, Liang, Liyuan, Gu, Baohua

“…The interaction of mercury (Hg) with dissolved natural organic matter (NOM) under equilibrium conditions is the focus of many studies but the kinetic controls…”
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Mercury and Other Heavy Metals Influence Bacterial Community Structure in Contaminated Tennessee Streams by Vishnivetskaya, Tatiana A, Mosher, Jennifer J, Palumbo, Anthony V, Yang, Zamin K, Podar, Mircea, Brown, Steven D, Brooks, Scott C, Gu, Baohua, Southworth, George R, Drake, Meghan M, Brandt, Craig C, Elias, Dwayne A

“…High concentrations of uranium, inorganic mercury [Hg(II)], and methylmercury (MeHg) have been detected in streams located in the Department of Energy…”
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The effects of a stannous chloride-based water treatment system in a mercury contaminated stream by Mathews, Teresa J., Looney, Brian B., Bryan, A. Lawrence, Smith, John G., Miller, Carrie L., Southworth, George R., Peterson, Mark J.

“…[Display omitted] •Stannous chloride and air stripping reduced Hg concentrations in stream water >90%.•The decrease in aqueous Hg concentrations led to 75%…”
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Monitoring Fish Contaminant Responses to Abatement Actions: Factors that Affect Recovery by Southworth, George R., Peterson, Mark J., Roy, W. Kelly, Mathews, Teresa J.

“…Monitoring of contaminant accumulation in fish has been conducted in East Fork Poplar Creek (EFPC) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee since 1985. Bioaccumulation trends…”
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Mercury source zone identification using soil vapor sampling and analysis by Watson, David, Miller, Carrie, Lester, Brian, Lowe, Kenneth, Southworth, George, Bogle, Mary Anna, Liang, Liyuan, Pierce, Eric

“…Development and demonstration of reliable measurement techniques that can detect and help quantify the nature and extent of elemental mercury （Hg（0）） in the…”
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Relationship between the loading rate of inorganic mercury to aquatic ecosystems and dissolved gaseous mercury production and evasion by Poulain, Alexandre J., Orihel, Diane M., Amyot, Marc, Paterson, Michael J., Hintelmann, Holger, Southworth, George R.

“…The purpose of our study was to test the hypothesis that dissolved gaseous mercury (DGM) production and evasion is directly proportional to the loading rate of…”
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Airborne Emissions of Mercury from Municipal Solid Waste. I: New Measurements from Six Operating Landfills in Florida by Lindberg, Steve E., Southworth, George R., Bogle, Mary Anna, Blasing, T.J., Owens, Jim, Roy, Kelly, Zhang, Hong, Kuiken, Todd, Price, Jack, Reinhart, Debra, Sfeir, Hala

“…Mercury-bearing material enters municipal landfills from a wide array of sources, including fluorescent lights, batteries, electrical switches, thermometers,…”
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Characterization of the fugitive mercury emissions at a chlor-alkali plant: overall study design by Kinsey, John S, Anscombe, F.R, Lindberg, Steven E, Southworth, George R

“…In February 2000, a detailed measurement campaign was conducted over a 9-day period within a mercury (Hg) cell chlor-alkali plant in the southeastern United…”
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Long-term increased bioaccumulation of mercury in largemouth bass follows reduction of waterborne selenium by Southworth, George R., Peterson, Mark J., Ryon, Michael G.

“…Average mercury concentrations in largemouth bass from Rogers Quarry in east Tennessee were found to increase steadily following the elimination of…”
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Airborne Emissions of Mercury from Municipal Solid Waste. II: Potential Losses of Airborne Mercury before Landfill by Southworth, George R., Lindberg, Steve E., Bogle, Mary Anna, Zhang, Hong, Kuiken, Todd, Price, Jack, Reinhart, Debra, Sfeir, Hala

“…Waste distribution and compaction at the working face of municipal waste landfills releases mercury vapor (Hg 0 ) to the atmosphere, as does the flaring of…”
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Effect of point source removal on mercury bioaccumulation in an industrial pond by Southworth, George R., Peterson, Mark J., Bogle, Mary A.

“…A one hectare pond on the headwaters of a mercury-contaminated creek in Oak Ridge, Tennessee acted as a biochemical reactor for the production of…”
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Response of mercury contamination in fish to decreased aqueous concentrations and loading of inorganic mercury in a small stream by SOUTHWORTH, G. R, TURNER, R. R, PETERSON, M. J, BOGLE, M. A, RYON, M. G

“…Approximately 250 000 kg of mercury was lost towater and soils at the U.S. Dept. of Energy Y-12 Plantin Oak Ridge, Tennessee in the 1950s and early 1960s. A…”
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Monitoring Fish Contaminant Responses to Abatement Actions: Factors That Affect Recovery by Southworth, George R

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Sources of mercury in a contaminated stream-implications for the timescale of recovery by Southworth, George, Mathews, Teresa, Greeley, Mark, Peterson, Mark, Brooks, Scott, Ketelle, Dick

“…Mercury contamination in East Fork Poplar Creek in Tennessee arises from dissolved mercury exiting a headwater industrial complex and residual mercury in the…”
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Antarctic polar plateau snow surface conversion of deposited oxidized mercury to gaseous elemental mercury with fractional long-term burial by Brooks, Steven, Arimoto, Richard, Lindberg, Steven, Southworth, George

“…The role of the vast Antarctic polar plateau in the global mercury cycle was previously relatively unknown. Here, for the first time, mercury concentrations in…”
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HISTORY OF MERCURY USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION by Brooks, Scott C, Southworth, George R

“…Between 1950 and 1963 approximately 11 million kilograms of mercury (Hg) were used at the Oak Ridge Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12 NSC) for lithium…”
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History of mercury use and environmental contamination at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant by Brooks, Scott C, Southworth, George R

“…Between 1950 and 1963 approximately 11 million kilograms of mercury (Hg) were used at the Oak Ridge Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12 NSC) for lithium…”
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