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Transport, Fate and Effects of Silver in the Environment
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The apparent general increase of metals in the environment resulted in several conferences dealing with state-of-the-art assessments of their environmental fates and effects. Recent advances in analytical capabilities have also created a new database that permits better assessments of the cycling and potential effect of the anthropogenic component of metals in the environment.
Silver has a long history of varied uses in societies throughout the world, yet little useful information on its environmental concentrations, chemical forms and biological effects is available. Older data on silver behavior — generated from studies made before "clean" sampling techniques and sophisticated analytical methods were available and before certain complex variables that may influence its behavior were recognized — may no longer be considered accurate nor reliable.
These international conferences provide a forum for the presentation of the latest research results on sources, biogeochemistry, state-of-the-art analytical methodology, environmental cycling and biological effects of silver in the environment. Conference participants represent a wide cross-section of scientific disciplines. The objectives of these conferences are to synthesize current knowledge and to identify the information needed to more accurately interpret silver's environmental behavior and potential impacts. Keynote and plenary speakers, invited from the international research community, address recent advances in human understanding of the behavior and effects of metals in the environment, with a particular focus on silver.
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