Lands ministry vows action The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has reaffirmed its commitment to intensify the fight ...

From a network of caves dug into the Mexican mountains, the pink dolphins swimming in the Amazon are more than 2,500 miles ...

Many marine mammals and seabirds degrade methylmercury mostly in the liver. Atlantic bluefin tuna appear to lean on the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) current guidance on seafood consumption during and before pregnancy – and for ...

Researchers at the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, together with CNRS, ENS Lyon and the Institute of Marine Research in ...

Human activities like coal burning and gold mining can cause mercury pollution in the air, which eventually settles into water, where it is absorbed into the food chain, resulting in ...

Soaring international gold prices are driving up the price of mercury, a toxic metal key in illegal gold mining, to all-time highs ...

Miners in Mexico's Sierra Gorda are experiencing a "mercury boom" as international gold prices rise. This surge in the demand for the toxic metal, used in illegal gold mining, is ...

Miners in Mexico's Sierra Gorda are experiencing a "mercury boom" as international gold prices rise. This surge in the demand for the toxic metal, used in illegal gold mining, is ...

SAN JOAQUIN, Mexico (AP) — A drill echoes through narrow tunnels deep within the mountain where miner Hugo Flores bores into rock in search of one of Earth’s most toxic elements. Buried in red stripes ...