The quickest way to separate gold from rock, Sadio Camara says, is with a drop of mercury. She empties a dime-sized packet of ...

Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCLA announced the creation of an engineered ...

Thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative used in multi-dose vials of vaccines in the United States, was removed from shots ...

A newly-engineered probiotic can help reduce levels of mercury and make it safer to eat fish, according to new research from ...

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed a range of pressing topics, from an assassination attempt to Türkiye's ongoing battle ...

Mercury is released by environmental and human-driven processes. And some forms, specifically methylmercury, are toxic to humans. Therefore, policies and regulations to limit mercury emissions have ...

Mason and Tepper agree the fish would ideally be introduced at highly contaminated sites. Tepper hopes they can stock lakes ...

They received funding from the RCSA to study the ability of microbiomes to combat mercury toxicity in humans. “We envision the possibility that people could take a probiotic to offset the risk ...

Thus, people who primarily eat food containing high mercury levels are at higher risk of mercury poisoning and birth defects.

Have you ever hesitated to treat yourself to a tuna steak or a colorful sushi plate because of concerns about mercury and other heavy metals? You’re not alone — and your caution is justified.

Scientists inserted DNA-encoding methylmercury detoxification enzymes into the genome of an abundant human gut bacterium. The engineered bacterium detoxified methylmercury in the gut of mice and ...

In Senegal’s gold-rich Kedougou region, women and children face serious health risks from mercury exposure used in gold processing ...