Mercury in Massachusetts - Table of Contents

Figure 2-1	Common Mercury Transformations
Figure 2-2	Cycling and Transformations of Mercury in the Environment
Figure 3-1	Estimated Discards of Mercury in Products in the Nationwide U.S. Municipal Waste Stream, 1970-2000
Figure 3-2	Discards of Mercury in Products in the Municipal Solid Waste Stream, 1989 and 2000 (%).
Figure 3-3	Mercury in the Massachusetts Municipal Solid WasteStream
Figure 3-4	GIS Map of Municipal Solid Waste Combustors
Figure 3-5	Mercury Stack Test Results, Massachusetts Municipal Solid Waste Combustors
Figure 3-6	Springfield-Agawam Mercury Test Summary
Figure 3-7	Haverhill - Ogden Mercury Test Summary
Figure 3-8	Lawrence - Ogden Mercury Test Summary
Figure 3-9	Millbury - Wheelabrator Mercury Test Summary
Figure 3-10	North Andover - NEWSC Mercury Test Summary
Figure 3-11	Pittsfield - VICON Mercury Test Summary
Figure 3-12	Rochester - SEMASS Mercury Test Summary
Figure 3-13	Saugus - RESCO Mercury Test Summary
Figure 3-14	Air Emissions of Total Mercury from Stack Tests of Medical Waste Incinerators
Figure 3-15	GIS Map of Coal-Fired Facilities
Figure 3-16	MWRA System Mass Balance for Mercury
Figure 3-17	Summary of Mercury Releases in Massachusetts
Figure 4-1	Frequency Histograms for Mercury Concentrations in Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch and Brown Bullheads in Massachusetts

Table 3-1	U.S. Nationwide Discards of Mercury in Products in the Municipal Solid Waste Stream (total)
Table 3-2	U.S. Nationwide Discards of Mercury in Products in the Municipal Solid Waste Stream, 1970 to 2000 (%)
Table 3-3	Mercury Use in The US in Short Tons (U.S. Bureau of Mine Data on National Mercury Use)
Table 3-4	Types of Household Batteries
Table 3-5	Mercury in Massachusetts Solid Waste - 1995
Table 3-6	Relative Amounts of Mercury from Button Cells, Alkaline and Zinc-Carbon Batteries in MA MSW
Table 3-7	Massachusetts Municipal Solid Waste Combustors Mercury Stack Test Results
Table 3-8	Average Annual Tons of Mercury Emitted from MSWCs Using 1991-1994 Stack Test Data
Table 3-9	Current Status and Operational Characteristics of MA Permitted Medical and Related Material Incinerators
Table 3-10	Mercury Analysis for Four Massachusetts Medical Waste Incinerators
Table 3-11	Estimates of Emissions of Mercury from Massachusetts Medical Waste Incinerators
Table 3-12	Existing Coal Fired Facilities
Table 3-13	Estimates of Mercury Emissions from Existing Coal Fired Facilities
Table 3-14	Mercury Analysis for Six Sewage Sludge Incinerators
Table 3-15	Existing Wood-Fired Facilities
Table 3-16	Summary of Massachusetts Sources of Mercury Releases
Table 4-1	Summary Statistics of Mercury Concentrations in Fish from Massachusetts Water Bodies
Table 4-2	Average Values of Mercury in Freshwater Fish Species
Table 5-1	Limits for Mercury Concentrations in Various Environmental Media
Table 5-2	Limits for Allowable Mercury Intakes

Last Updated: August 16, 1996

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C. Mark Smith MA DEP Office of Research and Standards email: C.Mark.Smith@state.ma.us

MERCURY IN MASSACHUSETTS: AN EVALUATION OF SOURCES, EMISSIONS, IMPACTS AND CONTROLS