Mercury Element News Today

Old accumulations of the toxic metal in the deep sea are circulating into shallower waters where the fish feed, new research found.

Ten years after an international treaty to ban mercury, the toxic metal continues to poison. The reason might have to do with your wedding ring.

A new rule would reduce mercury, arsenic, nickel and lead emissions, which the Biden administration said would protect public health.

Illegal mines have fueled a humanitarian crisis for the Yanomami Indigenous group. Brazil’s new president is trying to fight back.

The moves sets the stage for the agency to issue tighter controls on mercury, a neurotoxin emitted by power plants.

A new study found that older adults who ate more fish were more likely to develop melanoma, but experts urged caution when interpreting the findings.

The E.P.A. will resume enforcing limits on the release of mercury, a neurotoxin linked to developmental damage in children, from coal-burning power plants.

The findings, related to gold mining in Peru, provide new evidence of how people are altering ecosystems in dangerous ways around the world.