1 Forensic phonetics: the use of phonetics (the science of speech) for forensic (legal) purposes. 2  Speech recognition: the analysis and transcription of recorded speech by a computer system. 3  pronunciation: to learn actual pronunciation of words of various languages.
Mercury vapor is odorless, colorless and very toxic. Even though liquid mercury evaporates slowly, a significant amount of mercury vapor can build up indoors after mercury is spilled, and it can be dangerous to breathe these mercury vapors.
In 2002, several lakes in Norway were found to have a poor state of mercury pollution, with an excess of 1 Âµg/g of mercury in their sediment. In 2008, Norwayâs Minister of Environment Development Erik Solheim said: âMercury is among the most dangerous environmental toxins.