Mercury in the Town of Idrija (Slovenia) After 500 Years of Mining and Smelting
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Acknowledgements The author is grateful to the Idrija Mercury Mine, which has provided the financial
support for this research work and to all researchers who studied mercury or its influence in Idrija,
both in the past and the present.
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Pollut 56:493-506
Byrne AR, Kosta L (1970) Studies on the distribution and uptake of mercury in the area of the mercury
mine at Idrija, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Vest Siov Kem Drus 17:5-11
Byrne AR, Kosta L (1974) Simultaneous neutron-activation determination of selenium and mercury in
biological samples by volatilization. Talanta 21:1083-1090
Gosar M, Pirc S, Sajn R, Bidovec M, Mashyanov NR, Sholupov SE (1996) Distribution of mercury in
the atmosphere over Idrija, Slovenia. Environ Geochem Health 19:101-110
Horvat M, Lupsina V, Pihlar B (1991) Determination of total mercury in coal fly ash by amalgamation
cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 243:71-79
Iverfeldt A (1991) Occurrence and turnover of atmospheric mercury over the nordic countries. Water
Air Soil Pollut 56:251-265
Jensen S, Jernelov A (1969) Biological methylation of mercury in aquatic organisms. Nature 233:753
Jernelov A (1969) Conversion of mercury compounds. In: Chemical fallout, Chap 4. CC Thomas,
Springfield, Illinois
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Chemical fallout, Chap 10. CC Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, pp 221-239
Kosta L, Byrne AR (1969) Activation analysis for mercury in biological samples at nanogram level.
Talanta 16:1297-1303
Kosta L, Byrne AR, Zelenko V, Stegnar P, Dermelj M, Ravnik V (1974) Studies on the uptake,
distribution and transformations of mercury in living organisms in the Idrija region and
comparative areas. Vest Siov Kem Drus 21:49-74
Kosta L, Byrne AR, Zelenko V (1975) Correlation between selenium and mercury in persons exposed
to inorganic mercury. Nature 254:238-239
Lindberg SE, Turner RR, Meyes TP, Taylor GE, Schroeder WH (1991) Atmospheric concentrations and
deposition ofHg to a deciduous forest at walker branch watershed, Tennessee, USA. Water Air Soil
Pollut 56:577-594
Lupsina V, Horvat M, Jeran Z, Stegnar P (1992) Investigation of mercury speciation in lichens. Analyst
117:673- 675
l.upsina-Miklavcic V (1994) Determination of low level Hg concentrations in the air. In: Master's
Thesis, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana (in Slovene)
Miklavcic V (1996) Mercury in the Idrija region. In: Meeting of researchers - Idrija as a natural and
anthropogenic laboratory, mercury as a global pollutant, Abstracts, Idrija, 24-25 May 1996, pp 1-7
Mlakar I (1974) New aspects on the origin of the Idrija mercury ore deposit. In: 1st Int Mercury Cong,
Abstracts, Barcelona, 6-10 May 1974, pp 157-159
Stegnar P (1980) Studies of the degree of environmental pollution with mercury in Idrija and its
surrounding. Report on Environment contamination with mercury in Idrija and its surrounding,
Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana (in Slovene)
Valenta P, Nguyen VD, Ntirnberg HW (1986) Acid and heavy metal pollution by wet deposition. Sci
Total Environ 55:3J1-320
Zelenko V, Kosta L (1973) A new method for the isolation of methyl mercury from biological tissue
and its determination at the parts-per-milliard by gas chromatography. Talanta 20:115-123
269
Acknowledgements The author is grateful to the Idrija Mercury Mine, which has provided the financial
support for this research work and to all researchers who studied mercury or its influence in Idrija,
both in the past and the present.
References
Brosset C, Lord E (1991) Mercury in precipitation and ambient air a new scenario, Water Air Soil
Pollut 56:493-506
Byrne AR, Kosta L (1970) Studies on the distribution and uptake of mercury in the area of the mercury
mine at Idrija, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Vest Siov Kem Drus 17:5-11
Byrne AR, Kosta L (1974) Simultaneous neutron-activation determination of selenium and mercury in
biological samples by volatilization. Talanta 21:1083-1090
Gosar M, Pirc S, Sajn R, Bidovec M, Mashyanov NR, Sholupov SE (1996) Distribution of mercury in
the atmosphere over Idrija, Slovenia. Environ Geochem Health 19:101-110
Horvat M, Lupsina V, Pihlar B (1991) Determination of total mercury in coal fly ash by amalgamation
cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 243:71-79
Iverfeldt A (1991) Occurrence and turnover of atmospheric mercury over the nordic countries. Water
Air Soil Pollut 56:251-265
Jensen S, Jernelov A (1969) Biological methylation of mercury in aquatic organisms. Nature 233:753
Jernelov A (1969) Conversion of mercury compounds. In: Chemical fallout, Chap 4. CC Thomas,
Springfield, Illinois
Johnels AG, Westermark T (1969) Mercury contamination in the environment in Sweden. In:
Chemical fallout, Chap 10. CC Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, pp 221-239
Kosta L, Byrne AR (1969) Activation analysis for mercury in biological samples at nanogram level.
Talanta 16:1297-1303
Kosta L, Byrne AR, Zelenko V, Stegnar P, Dermelj M, Ravnik V (1974) Studies on the uptake,
distribution and transformations of mercury in living organisms in the Idrija region and
comparative areas. Vest Siov Kem Drus 21:49-74
Kosta L, Byrne AR, Zelenko V (1975) Correlation between selenium and mercury in persons exposed
to inorganic mercury. Nature 254:238-239
Lindberg SE, Turner RR, Meyes TP, Taylor GE, Schroeder WH (1991) Atmospheric concentrations and
deposition ofHg to a deciduous forest at walker branch watershed, Tennessee, USA. Water Air Soil
Pollut 56:577-594
Lupsina V, Horvat M, Jeran Z, Stegnar P (1992) Investigation of mercury speciation in lichens. Analyst
117:673- 675
l.upsina-Miklavcic V (1994) Determination of low level Hg concentrations in the air. In: Master's
Thesis, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana (in Slovene)
Miklavcic V (1996) Mercury in the Idrija region. In: Meeting of researchers - Idrija as a natural and
anthropogenic laboratory, mercury as a global pollutant, Abstracts, Idrija, 24-25 May 1996, pp 1-7
Mlakar I (1974) New aspects on the origin of the Idrija mercury ore deposit. In: 1st Int Mercury Cong,
Abstracts, Barcelona, 6-10 May 1974, pp 157-159
Stegnar P (1980) Studies of the degree of environmental pollution with mercury in Idrija and its
surrounding. Report on Environment contamination with mercury in Idrija and its surrounding,
Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana (in Slovene)
Valenta P, Nguyen VD, Ntirnberg HW (1986) Acid and heavy metal pollution by wet deposition. Sci
Total Environ 55:3J1-320
Zelenko V, Kosta L (1973) A new method for the isolation of methyl mercury from biological tissue
and its determination at the parts-per-milliard by gas chromatography. Talanta 20:115-123