Historical gold mining increased metal(loid) concentrations in lake sediments from Nova Scotia, Canada

• Main Authors: Branaavan Sivarajah (Author), Linda M. Campbell (Author), John P. Smol (Author), Jesse C. Vermaire (Author), Joshua Kurek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Historical gold mining operations between the 1860s and 1940s have left substantial quantities of arsenic- and mercury-rich tailings near abandoned mines in remote and urban areas of Nova Scotia, Canada. Large amounts of materials from the tailings have entered the surface waters of downstream aquat...