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Heavy metal emissions in Europe (Indicator)New
Key message : Atmospheric emissions of heavy metals continue to fall, with declines in lead emissions by 44%, mercury emissions by 53% and cadmium emissions by 39% across the EU-27 Member States between ...
3 Mar 2025
Topics: Air pollution
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Status and Trend for Heavy Metals (Mercury, Cadmium and Lead) in Fish, Shellfish and Sediment
Status and Trend for Heavy Metals (Mercury, Cadmium and Lead) in Fish, Shellfish and Sediment ...
29 May 2024
Topics: Water, Marine
Inputs of Mercury, Cadmium and Lead via Water and Air to the OSPAR Maritime Area
Inputs of Mercury, Cadmium and Lead via Water and Air to the OSPAR Maritime Area ...
29 May 2024
Topics: Water, Marine
Heavy metals in European topsoils
Maps of estimated total heavy metal concentrations of eight critical heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury, nickel, lead and zinc) in soils. ...
29 Mar 2023
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Heavy metal emissions in Europe
Between 2005 and 2022, emissions have continued to decline, with lead emissions decreasing by 44%, mercury emissions by 53% and cadmium emissions by 39% across the EU-27 Member States. ...
13 Sep 2024
Topics: Air pollution, Environmental health impacts, Pollution
Industrial chemical releases to water (Indicator)
During the same period, releases of the heavy metals nickel, cadmium, mercury, lead, and their compounds decreased by 39 , 56 , 59 and 64 %, respectively. ...
16 Apr 2024
Topics: Water, Industry, Pollution
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Industrial chemical releases to air (Indicator)
During the same period, releases of the heavy metals mercury , cadmium , lead , nickel and their compounds decreased by 54% , 56% , 79% and 63% , respectively. ...
16 Apr 2024
Topics: Air pollution, Industry, Pollution
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Hazardous substances in marine organisms in Europe's seas
Few time trends show more decreasing concentrations (improvements) than increasing ones, except for mercury. ...
22 May 2024
Topics: Water, Pollution, Seas and coasts, Biodiversity, Environmental health impacts
Mercury Regulation data viewer
The Mercury regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/852) requires countries to report on several aspects which have been grouped in four specific obligations namely: 1) reporting on activities involving the use ... of mercury, 2) import restriction of mercury and mercury mixtures as waste and 3) non-waste and 4) a copy of the report that is due under article 21 of the Minamata Convention. ...
2 Oct 2020
Topics: Industry