Canned tuna is a great meal choice when you want a low-calorie, high-protein food. However, the big problem is mercury ...

The EPA rolled back a Biden-era regulation targeting power plants that burn lignite coal and emit significant amounts of toxic mercury. The agency said the high cost wasn’t worth the small gain in ...

A California City council member is facing federal charges for allegedly arranging to have an SUV filled with the chemical element mercury moved without proper precautions. Federal authorities on ...

A small, leafy, green peanut plant grows out of a patch of dirt. When David McLagan’s team sampled mercury isotopes in cassava, maize, and peanut crops (like the one shown here) grown downwind of a ...

The move, first proposed in June 2025, targets Biden-era amendments to a rule commonly known as the Mercury and Air Toxics ...

In 1962, when environmentalist and author Rachel Carson penned 'Silent Spring,' alerting the world to the dangers of the pesticide DDT, it was the reproductive threat to birds -- the bald eagle in ...

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 ...

One of the world’s richest biodiversity hot spots is Peru’s Madre de Dios, a region of the Amazon nestled at the base of the Andes mountains. When biogeochemist Jacqueline Gerson first traveled there ...

Mercury contamination is growing in northern Minnesota’s lakes, MPR News says. They report: “Hundreds of lakes across the North Woods are contaminated with mercury, including those in protected areas ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations warned that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in Colombia’s Atrato River basin has created a “serious and ongoing human rights crisis,” ...

Even as global emissions plateau, new research shows that wildlife in the Arctic is exposed to rising levels, posing a risk to those who eat it. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Levels of mercury in Arctic ...