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Cooking oil could help clean up mercury at mining sites, researchers say

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 09, 2017 | 10:00 am Precious Metals Africa Asia Australia Latin America Gold 

Researchers at Flinders University in Australia published a study where they demonstrate how a canola oil polymer, when combined with sulphur, can trap mercury metal, mercury vapour and highly toxic organo-mercury compounds. Mercury and mercury-containing materials are commonly used in...

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