Scientists from Australia have successfully bioengineered genetically modified fruit flies and zebrafish capable of absorbing ...

A child would need to eat 9,000 cookies in a day to approach harmful levels of pesticide or naturally occurring heavy metals.

Numerous rumors about potentially-contaminated Girl Scout cookies have been floating around, and Girl Scouts of the USA is ...

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Australian scientists have discovered a means of genetically modifying animals -fruit flies and zebrafish, respectively – to ...

Fears of mercury in seafood, according to Kaneko, began in Minamata, Japan, in the 1950s, when high mercury levels in ...

Heavy metal contamination in Yangshan Port raises concerns for seafood safety, with arsenic and mercury posing health risks.

As numerous Phoenix Suns players have refuted a toxic locker room, Kevin Durant is the newest player to be added to that list. Most of the rumors have surrounded him, as the team nearly sent him to ...

Heavy metals naturally occur in the Earth's crust, but human activities can increase their concentration in the environment, ...

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a packaging solution that reduces mercury in canned tuna by ...

Fish is a high-quality source of protein, containing omega-3 fatty acids and many other beneficial nutrients. However, the ...