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... Rivers bring about 15 % , 800,000 t of nitrogen and 70,000 t of phosphorus per year . Nutrient input from rivers has increased very much over the past decades . The River Rhine , in 1932 , brought approximately 3000 t of phosphorus to ...
... Rivers bring about 15 % , 800,000 t of nitrogen and 70,000 t of phosphorus per year . Nutrient input from rivers has increased very much over the past decades . The River Rhine , in 1932 , brought approximately 3000 t of phosphorus to ...
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... River Fig . 22. Forty six persons died from mercury poisoning between 1956 and 1958 , because they had eaten fish from Minamata Bay . Since 1952 the Chisso Work had introduced large quantities of mercury - containing wastes into ...
... River Fig . 22. Forty six persons died from mercury poisoning between 1956 and 1958 , because they had eaten fish from Minamata Bay . Since 1952 the Chisso Work had introduced large quantities of mercury - containing wastes into ...
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... River Rhine annually transported more than 90 t of mer- cury to the North Sea , partly dissolved in the river water , partly bound to suspended particles ( Table 8 ) . This amount is probably more than 20 times higher than the natural ...
... River Rhine annually transported more than 90 t of mer- cury to the North Sea , partly dissolved in the river water , partly bound to suspended particles ( Table 8 ) . This amount is probably more than 20 times higher than the natural ...
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