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

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

Across West Africa, mercury — a potent neurotoxin — remains the dominant method for extracting gold from ore in the region’s ...

Deusdedit Ruhangariyo ICT Around the World: Tree rings show mercury pollution from Peru's illegal mining, Air New Zealand unveils Māori, Pasifika-inspired new uniforms, and access to food in remote ...

Research surrounding mercury pollution in penguins began in 2010. Mercury is a well-known byproduct of many industrial mining ventures, including gold processing. This dangerous metal invades ...

The facility's permit is up for renewal. Activists say the Indiana Department of Environmental Management needs to do more to ...

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

The state announced Monday that Dry Lake 1 in Clark County and Lake Henry in Kingsbury County have been added to the list.

Environmental groups are concerned that a proposed water pollution control permit would allow the BP Whiting Refinery to keep dumping mercury and other forever chemicals into Lake Michigan.

"By tracking mercury pollution over four decades at the top of the world, we show that global efforts to reduce pollution are working—mercury levels in the air around Mount Everest have dropped ...