The Science of the total environment
Lake water and sediment chemistry responses to reductions in mercury, other heavy metals, and sulfur dioxide emissions from the Flin Flon smelter, Manitoba, Canada, with historic comparisons to other emitters.
Marlene S Evans, Jane L Kirk, Johan A Wiklund, Kristin J Painter, John P Smol, Kathleen M Rühland, Sarah L Roberts, Brigitte S G Simmatis, Derek C G Muir
Published: 202610.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181071
Abstract
For many decades, the copper-zinc (Cu-Zn) smelter at Flin Flon, Manitoba was North America's largest single-source mercury (Hg) emitter, 4th largest Canadian sulfur dioxide (SO2) emitter, and a major heavy metal emitter. Various improvements were mad…
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