Integrating Knowledge to Inform Mercury Policy

整合知识为汞政策提供信息

• 批准号: NE/G001219/1
• 负责人: David Pyle
• 金额: $ 31.94万
• 依托单位: University of Oxford
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2008 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FG001219%2F1
• 关键词: Integrating; Knowledge; Inform; Mercury; Policy

Mercury is found in many consumer products, including LCD screens and energy-efficient lightbulbs. It is emitted to the environment when products containing mercury are disposed of, as well as from industrial processes such as coal fired power plants. Mercury can, however, be a human health hazard; particularly as it has a tendency to accumulate in fish. Consequently, the UK together with it's European neighbours has been for a number of years trying to find ways of reducing the amount of mercury in the environment. Within the next three years a total ban on mercury in consumer products will be introduced to further curtail the amount of mercury entering the global environment. Mercury is also emitted into the environment from a number of natural sources such as volcanoes, but there are significant uncertainties as to the relative contribution of these natural sources versus industrial processes and consumer products. We will only be able to confirm with reasonable confidence whether the above European Union policies have had the impact intended once we fully understand the contribution of both man-made and natural sources of mercury. We wish to establish a knowledge transfer network to bring academic institutes, industry and government together to address some of these questions. This will be done by means of workshops, reports and a website. By bringing together these three sectors, the Initiative will provide government with the opportunity to explicitly request information from academia and industry which will help to guide and formulate future mercury policy. Only through mutually beneficial interaction will be able to successfully develop and implement policy which will reduce the risk from mercury in the environment.

在许多消费产品中发现了汞，包括LCD屏幕和节能灯泡。当处理含有汞产品的产品以及工业过程（例如煤炭发电厂）时，它会散发到环境中。但是，汞可能是人类健康危害；特别是因为它倾向于在鱼类中积聚。因此，英国和欧洲邻国已经多年来试图找到减少环境中汞量的方法。在接下来的三年中，将引入对消费产品中的汞的全面禁令，以进一步减少进入全球环境的汞的数量。汞还通过许多天然来源（例如火山）散发到环境中，但是对于这些天然来源与工业过程和消费产品的相对贡献存在很大的不确定性。我们只有一旦我们完全了解人造汞和自然来源的贡献，我们才能合理确认上述欧盟政策是否产生了打算的影响。我们希望建立一个知识转移网络，以将学术机构，行业和政府聚集在一起，以解决其中一些问题。这将通过研讨会，报告和网站来完成。通过汇集这三个部门，该计划将为政府提供明确要求学术界和行业信息的机会，这将有助于指导和制定未来的汞政策。只有通过互惠互动，才能成功制定和实施政策，从而降低环境中汞的风险。

项目成果

Major and trace element distributions around active volcanic vents determined by analyses of grasses: implications for element cycling and bio-monitoring

通过草分析确定活火山口周围的主要和微量元素分布：对元素循环和生物监测的影响

• DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0374-7
• 发表时间: 2010
• 期刊: Bulletin of Volcanology
• 影响因子: 3.5
• 作者: Martin R