Biogeochemical, Health, and Ecotoxicological Perspectives on Gold and Gold Mining
Biogeochemical, Health, and Ecotoxicological Perspectives
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher CRC Press
- Date of Publication 28 October 2004
- ISBN 9780849328985
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages374 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 657 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book examines the effects of gold production and use on human health and the environmental impact of gold mining and extraction. The author provides a thorough risk assessment of gold, including its geological, physical, chemical, and metabolic properties; gold concentrations and field collections of abiotic materials and biota; its effects on plants and animals; health risks for gold miners; and medicinal uses. He explores the environmental effects of extraction, including tailings disposal, acid mine drainage, cyanide, arsenic, and mercury contamination; social, political, economic, and psychological variables; and mining legislation, safety, and procedures.
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Despite the esteemed nature of gold in society, evidence of adverse ecotoxicological effects and risk to human health in various mining and extraction techniques has generated increasing interest in the biological and environmental implications of gold. Biogeochemical, Health, and Ecotoxicological Perspectives on Gold and Gold Mining is the first comprehensive book to evaluate the effect of gold production and use on human health as well as the environmental impact of gold mining and extraction.
Dr. Ronald Eisler, a well-known senior research biologist and expert in the chemical and biological effects of various compounds on wildlife, provides a thorough risk assessment of gold, including its geology and sources and physical, chemical, and metabolic properties. The author documents gold concentrations and field collections of abiotic materials and biota and presents research on the lethal and sublethal effects of gold on plants and animals. Supported by case histories, the book examines health risks in gold miners, human sensitivity to jewelry and dental implants, and medicinal uses. It uses examples in several countries to thoroughly explore the environmental effects of gold extraction, including tailings disposal, acid mine drainage, cyanide, arsenic, and mercury contamination, water management issues, and abandoned mines.
Unlike traditional risk assessments, the author also takes into account social, political, economic, medicinal, and psychological variables for a more complete perspective on gold's impact on health and the environment. Biogeochemical, Health, and Ecotoxicological Perspectives on Gold and Gold Mining concludes with a discussion on mining legislation, safety, and procedures.
Table of Contents:
GOLD AND GOLD COMPOUNDS: Introduction; Geology, Sources, and Production; Uses; Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties; Concentrations in Field Collections of Abiotic Materials, Plants, and Animals; Lethal and Sublethal Effects to Plants and Animals. HUMAN HEALTH ASPECTS: Risks to Gold Miners; Adverse Health Effects of Gold And Gold Compounds; Medical Use to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis (Chrysotherapy). ECOSYSTEMS EFFECTS FROM GOLD EXTRACTION: Tailings Disposal and Acid Mine Drainage; Cyanide Hazards and Water Management Issues; Arsenic Hazards; Mercury Hazards; Abandoned Gold Mines. MINING LEGISLATION; CONCLUDING REMARKS
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