Mercury is released by environmental and human-driven processes. Some forms, specifically methylmercury, are toxic to humans.

Mercury is released by environmental and human-driven processes. And some forms, specifically methylmercury, are toxic to ...

While habitat degradation and water mismanagement have already strained its numbers, scientists now believe that mercury ...

New research has found that our efforts to reduce the amount of mercury in the atmosphere are bearing fruit, with levels down ...

State officials have added two more South Dakota lakes to the fish consumption advisory list after testing found elevated ...

To try to make a dent in this problem, Tepper and her colleagues genetically engineered zebra fish and fruit flies so that ...

Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCLA announced the creation of an engineered ...

What if counteracting mercury contamination in waterways could be as simple as adding selenium? That proposition has gained ...

State officials have added two more South Dakota lakes to the fish consumption advisory list after testing found elevated mercury levels in large walleye. The state announced Monday that Dry Lake #1 ...

Schartup said she spent years working on mercury pollution in the ocean and in seafood before she “began to feel frustrated diagnosing problems without offering any solutions.” That prompted ...