Mercury is an element that occurs naturally in the environment and has been used in such things as thermometers, dental fillings, blood pressure cuffs and batteries. It is extracted from mines in an ...

In the Philippines, as in many places across the globe, mercury has long been central to how small-scale gold miners earn their living. Used as an easy way to separate gold from other minerals they ...

The fate of mercury stocks from mercury-cell chlor-alkali plants will be examined by an EPA-created stakeholder panel, the agency announced. The panel will consider management options for some 2,400 ...

High prices and weak oversight have turned Mexico into one of the main suppliers of mercury for gold mines across Latin America, according to an Environmental Investigation Agency report. Despite ...

The European Union banned mercury amalgam fillings to protect the environment. Should you worry about protecting your health, too? By Justin R. Silverman When the European Union adopted a ban on ...

A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of river dolphins. They draw it ...