Filella M. Antimony 2021

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Antimony (Sb) is an exciting chemical element ubiquitously present in our daily lives. This book provides a coherent and interdisciplinary picture of our current understanding of this element. Subjects ranging from its mineralogy, mining and environmental chemistry to its potential impact in ecosystems and human health are discussed in this monograph.
A brief history of antimony
Primary and secondary minerals of antimony
Economic geology and environmental characteristics of antimony deposits
Review of the anthropogenic flows and stocks of antimony
Antimony in China
Diffuse soil contamination by antimony
Antimony soil–plant transfer
Shooting range contamination: antimony occurrence, transport, and fate
From headwaters to oceans: antimony across the aquatic continuum
Radioactive antimony: known emissions and environmental dispersion
Biomethylation and biovolatilization of antimony
Molecular mechanisms of antimony transport and detoxification
Pentavalent antimonials in the treatment of human leishmaniasis
Ecotoxicity of antimony
Antimony: human exposure
Legislating antimony and its compounds