Publication Summary

Title

Determination of Total and Dimethyl Mercury in Raw Landfill Gas with Site Screening for Elemental Mercury at Eight Washington State Landfills for the Washington State Department of Ecology

Month-Year PublishedAugust 2005
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Short Description

In an effort to reduce human exposure to PBT's in the environment, the state of Washington has targeted mercury as the first compound to be studied under the stated's PBT initiative. As part of the effort to understand and quantify anthropogenic sources of mercury, the Washington State Department of Ecology proposed this study of mercury emissions in a variety of the state's landfills.

Publication Number05-07-039
Author(s)Frontier Geosciences, Inc.
ContactStephenson, Cullen, (360) 407-6900
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Number of pages 48
Keywords gas, landfill, mercury, solid waste, termination

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