Environment and Ecology Research Vol. 1(1), pp. 12 - 20
DOI: 10.13189/eer.2013.010102
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Effect of Mercury Pollution on the Urban Environment and Human Health

Salameh Azimi^1,*, Mohammadreza Sadeghi Moghaddam^2
1 Department of Chemistry, Takestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Takestan. Iran
² Department of Architecture,and urban planning Islamic Azad University,Qazvin Branch,Qazvin, Iran

ABSTRACT

As developing countries to become industrialized and urbanized, heavy metal pollution is likely to reach disturbing levels. These countries should learn from the mistakes of the developed nations and recognize that rapid deterioration of the environment can occur. There is a lack of data on the nature and extent of metal pollution either at local and regional level, particularly to assist in the understanding of metal cycling in the environment. Although most countries recognize the need to combat pollution, environmental, controls are either nonexistence or inadequate. So in this article we emphasized on one of the most important environment pollutant (Hg) and effect of mercury on the human health and at the end of the article some important and easy ways for preventing mercury hazards will be recommended.

KEYWORDS
Mercury, Heavy Metal, Environment, Urbanized, Human Health

Cite This Paper in IEEE or APA Citation Styles
(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Salameh Azimi , Mohammadreza Sadeghi Moghaddam , "Effect of Mercury Pollution on the Urban Environment and Human Health," Environment and Ecology Research, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 12 - 20, 2013. DOI: 10.13189/eer.2013.010102.

(b). APA Format:
Salameh Azimi , Mohammadreza Sadeghi Moghaddam (2013). Effect of Mercury Pollution on the Urban Environment and Human Health. Environment and Ecology Research, 1(1), 12 - 20. DOI: 10.13189/eer.2013.010102.