Mercury levels have been a long-time concern when it comes to seafood. While typically at acceptable levels, these brands have all been recalled at some point in time due to dangerously high mercury ...

Question: A few weeks ago, the Southeast Missourian newspaper ran an article on people who might be getting mercury poisoning by eating too much fish. The gist of the article was: "How much mercury in ...

The federal government this past week warned citizens of how bad the problem with mercury in fish has become. The U.S. Geological Survey study of U.S. rivers found mercury in every fish tested across ...

KEDOUGOU, Senegal (AP) — The quickest way to separate gold from rock, Sadio Camara says, is with a drop of mercury. She empties a dime-sized packet of the silvery liquid into a plastic bucket of muddy ...

The Yukon River flows west across Alaska toward the Bering Sea, eroding Arctic permafrost along its banks and transporting sediment downstream. Within that sediment lurks a toxic stowaway: mercury. As ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- One person has been taken into custody by the FBI for questioning in connection with a mercury spill Sunday in west Houston, authorities said. FBI Houston says the person will not be ...