Methylmercury in Water Bodies Adjacent to Coal-fired Thermal Power Plants: A Global Critical Review of Pathways, Evidence and Uncertainties
Ruchita Salilmoy Haldar, Snehal Parkale, Akshay Gorad, Divya Kale, Prasad Pawar & Ajay Ojha · Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology · 2026
Coal-fired thermal power plants remain one of the largest anthropogenic sources of mercury, yet the extent to which they raise methylmercury, the bioaccumulative and neurotoxic form, in nearby lakes, reservoirs, rivers, wetlands and coastal waters is contested. Atmospheric deposi...
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10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i91028