Advocacy groups are mobilizing. Members of Congress reprimand EPA after new policy could put Americans at risk of mercury ...

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

In the 1960s and '70s, the Reed Paper mill dumped nearly 10 tons of mercury into the river the Grassy Narrows First Nation relies on for fish, according to a 2016 report from Canadian broadcaster ...

Mercury is a neurotoxin that can be especially harmful to young children and infants in the womb. It mostly enters the environment in Minnesota through air pollution from burning coal, processing ...

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 communities receives ...

Mercury pollution is a global concern, as the highly toxic organic compound has been found to harm both humans and animals at certain levels, including damage to brain development in youth and ...

The TMDL plan limits the amount of mercury pollution that can be present in all 12 sub-basins of the Willamette Basin. The EPA’s new plan incorporates much of DEQ’s plan, with the most ...

The Trump administration is poised to rollback Obama-era the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS) that control mercury and other toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants, despite objectio… ...

Cement kilns in Maryland and across the country emit thousands of pounds of mercury into the air and remain unchecked by federal regulators, according to a new report from an environmental ...

Small-scale, or "artisanal," mining — which makes use of mercury in this way — has recently become the leading source of mercury pollution, several recent studies show.

Gaston 3 and plants like it, the backbone of the U.S. power industry, are the focus of a furious debate over mercury pollution -- how much and how fast the nation should move to regulate a toxic ...