"It could end up in reservoirs or larger rivers where there are predatory fish, top predators that humans would catch and ...

Chrissy Isaacs's grandson knows the water is sick. He freaks out when he sees someone drinking from the tap. All he has known ...

Researchers believe that if permafrost thaw continues at its current rate and mercury keeps being released, it could pose a ...

The European Union banned mercury amalgam fillings to protect the environment. Should you worry about protecting your health, ...

When the European Union adopted a ban on dental amalgam fillings earlier this year, its aim was to eliminate one of the last ...

Methylmercury is the organic form of mercury and is formed when microscopic organisms combine mercury with carbon. It is highly toxic to the human body and is the form that we are exposed to the ...

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The heavy metal accumulates in tuna and other fish in an especially toxic form, methylmercury, which comes from mercury released by coal-fired power plants and other industrial or natural sources ...

The ruling concluded that individuals could be diagnosed with Minamata disease even if exposure to methylmercury was at low levels as long as the exposure extended over a long period. The ruling ...

West cautions that there’s still a lot unknown about the situation; researchers are continuing to look into whether the mercury that’s released is turning into methylmercury, a toxic version ...