Metals and Metalloids
Metals are ubiquitous in the environment. Some are even essential for life processes. Metals could have harmful effects to humans and ecosystems under certain conditions. Metals have long been studied at SETAC and so has the mining industry. Recently, deep-sea mining (mining of minerals and deposits from the ocean floor) has gained some attention.
Collaborations
SETAC has a long history with assisting intergovernmental organizations involved in mercury work. SETAC joined the UN Environment Global Mercury Partnership in 2010 to support the Minamata Convention on Mercury. In 2016, SETAC managed the development of the Central Mercury Knowledge Platform within the Environment Live database for the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Knowledge Bases
Fact Sheets
Articles
- Implications of Deep-Sea Mining on Marine Ecosystems
IEAM Special Series (2022) - State of the Science on Metal Bioavailability Modeling
ET&C 39: 42–130 (2020) -
Deep-sea Mining: Interdisciplinary Reseach on Potential Environmental, Legal, Economic, and Societal Implications
IEAM 14: 672–691 (2018) - Ecological Soil Clean-Up Values for Metals
IEAM 10: 342–414 (2014) - Accounting for Metal Bioavailability in Assessing Water Quality: A Step Change?
ET&C 35: 257–265 (2016) - Biotic Ligand Model of the Acute Toxicity of Metals. I. Technical Basis
ETC 20: 2383–2396 (2001)
SETAC Books
Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of Change
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