The Influence of Quicksilver of Man-Made Damps and of the Working Zone of Gold Extraction on Biological Objects
V. M. KATOLA, V. I. RADOMSKAYA, S. M. RADOMSKY
Abstract
Damps of gold extraction, especially those containing quicksilver, present a serious ecological danger. Independent of the gold extraction technology, high concentrations of heavy metals and technogenous mercury differentiate in the damps various types of ecosystems with independent isolated micromycete communities. When the rules of professional safety in the process of reutilization of old wastes are not observed, the blood, hair and nail mercury content increases in the workers, which is considered as a threat of mercury intoxication.
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