Download or read book Biogeochemical, Health, and Ecotoxicological Perspectives on Gold and Gold Mining written by Ronald Eisler and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-10-28 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the esteemed nature of gold in society, evidence of adverse ecotoxicological effects and risk to human health in various mining and extraction techniques has generated increasing interest in the biological and environmental implications of gold. Biogeochemical, Health, and Ecotoxicological Perspectives on Gold and Gold Mining is the first c