As part of a push to roll back dozens of environmental regulations, the Trump administration is offering coal-fired power ...

For decades the people of Grassy Narrows First Nation were told the toxic mercury dumped in the river by a paper mill in the 1960s would eventually go away. As the neurotoxin marched its way up ...

Mercury—a "heavy metal," non-essential element—can be toxic to some animals, including humans, at high concentrations. Various forms of mercury can be introduced into the environment via ...

Much of the fish you eat is contaminated with mercury, a toxic element that finds its way from factories and power plants into rivers, lakes, and oceans. This has become a major public health ...

Lithium-6 is essential for producing nuclear fusion fuel, but isolating it from the much more common isotope, lithium-7, usually requires liquid mercury, which is extremely toxic. Now, researchers ...

Here are 15 foods and beverages to avoid or minimize while pregnant. Mercury is a highly toxic element and can occur in polluted waters. In higher amounts, it can affect your nervous system ...

This application note explores how an advanced ICP-MS method, combined with automated acid digestion, enables precise ...