Information Circular 9412: The Materials Flow of Mercury in the United States

Details

• Personal Author:
  Jasinski, Stephen M.
• Description:
  The report describes the materials flow of mercury in the United States. It examines the mining and production of mercury and the manufacturing, uses, and ultimate disposal of mercury. Materials flowcharts were prepared for 1989 and 1990. An effort was made to include estimates for all major anthropogenic sources including fossil fuel combustion, waste incineration, and nonferrous metal mining operations. Mining and mineral processing released about 100 mt/yr of mercury to the environment in both 1989 and 1990. The combustion of fossil fuels released 175 mt/yr in the same years. The manufacturing, use and disposal of products containing mercury accounted for the release of 1,037 mt of mercury in 1989 and 938 mt in 1990. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mercury Mining Occupational Health Recycling Safety
• Keywords:
  Chloralkali-plants Environmental-legislation Environmental-pollution-and-control Manufacturing-technology Mineral-economics Mineral-industries Point-sources Solid-wastes
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WO - Washington Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  36 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10005489
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-109609
• Citation:
  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9412, 1994 Jan; :1-28
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9412
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9df4a257e8f7d8563012ca4b847a413e57aae58f5bf19314419cbc1b0dfd70cebb56348ed20e4d3f2bbc70535266c490398a6f28f773d65271f0e88bd217ad8c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206099/cdc_206099_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.79 MB ]