Contamination and source identifications of metals in urban road dust are critical for
remediation and health protection. Receptor models are commonly used for metal source …

Freshwater mussels are threatened with extirpation in North America. They are a sentinel
species for ecosystem function and contribute towards many ecosystem services. As …

Gold mining in Nova Scotia dates back to the mid-1800s. Historical industrial practices
generated over 3 000 000 tonnes of finely ground mine wastes (tailings), the majority of …

National and global inventories of anthropogenic trace element emissions to air is a
comparatively recent phenomenon (post-1993 in Canada) as is the monitoring of …

Trace metal (loid) contamination in the atmosphere is widely monitored, but there is a gap in
understanding its long-term patterns, especially in North China, which is currently a global …

Beginning in the late-1800s, gold mining activities throughout Nova Scotia, eastern Canada,
released contaminants, notably geogenic arsenic from milled ore and anthropogenic …

Antimony (Sb) concentrations were measured in wet atmospheric deposition at 10 high-
elevation sites in the Czech Republic (Central Europe) during three winter seasons (2009 …

The use of naturally occurring epiphytic lichens can be an effective tool for regional
monitoring of mercury (Hg) and other potentially toxic elements (PTEs). Nova Scotia …

Mercury (Hg) contamination in aquatic systems can lead to adverse human and
environmental health outcomes. Yellowknife, a city in Canada's Northwest Territories, is a …

Mercury (Hg) is a pollutant of concern across Canada and transboundary anthropogenic Hg
sources presently account for over 95% of national anthropogenic Hg deposition. This study …