The EPA just loosened mercury rules for coal plants. Here’s what the toxic metal can do to your health - Environmental and ...

Awareness surrounding mercury pollution and its effects on both wildlife and humans is spreading. Recent studies suggest mercury pollution to be more widespread than first anticipated, particularly in ...

Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to announce the move on Friday, according to people briefed on the matter.

In 2017, the Minamata Convention on Mercury went into effect, designed to help curb mercury emissions and limit exposure across the globe. However, a new study of mercury levels in soil suggests that ...

The move appeared to undercut the Make America Healthy Again movement led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a onetime campaigner ...

About 10% of human-made mercury emissions into the atmosphere each year are the result of global deforestation, according to a new MIT study. The world's vegetation, from the Amazon rainforest to the ...

Mercury (Hg) is an environmental concern in the Arctic, where high concentrations are found in top predators such as polar bears and toothed whales. Despite declining atmospheric Hg emissions since ...

Dragonfly larvae sampled from Cape Cod and Minuteman National Historical Park recently helped tell a much bigger story about mercury pollution in the U.S. A national study published this week in the ...

WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Moosic, and U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) and Brian Mast (R-FL-21) this wee introduced the “Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act.” This ...

In 2017, the Minamata Convention on Mercury went into effect, designed to help curb mercury emissions and limit exposure across the globe. However, a new study of mercury levels in soil suggests that ...