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Idrija

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Idrija 

a city in Yugoslavia, in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia. Population, 6,000 (1967). Located on the Idrica River, in a mountainous region. Mercury has been mined in Idrija since the 15th century (it is now the site of one of the biggest mines in the world, accounting for approximately one-tenth of the total world mercury production).
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The 7th ICMGP was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the location of the second largest mercury mine in the world--the Idrija mercury mine.
Preface: recent findings in mercury health effects by Horvat, Milena / Environmental Health Perspectives
I work half-time as a pedagogist in a kindergarten at Vrtec Idrija, and half-time at the Pedagogical Research Institute in Ljubljana in an SBS program.
Education reform in Slovenia and Ukraine by Moyer, Joan / Childhood Education
This could be one of the reason for the higher risk of suicide among miners of the Idrija Mercury Mine in the last 45 years.
Personality traits in miners with past occupational elemental mercury ... by Osredkar, Josko / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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