For researchers, penguins are more than charismatic wildlife – they are living indicators of global pollution including that ...

In the remoteAmazon rainforest, trees are becoming unexpected sentinels against environmental destruction caused by illegal ...

Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic atmospheric mercury, a byproduct of gold mining in the Global South, according to a new Cornell University study.

Arsenic, lead, mercury—heavy metals in foods are in the news. An experts explains causes, risks, and avoidance strategies to ...

The arrows for Norwegian seabird populations are pointing downward. Researchers have now recorded mercury levels above the ...

Most small-scale gold mining operations separate gold from ore by adding liquid mercury and then burning the mixture, ...

EDF and other groups released a new analysis documenting the industrial facilities that the Trump EPA has invited to ask for ...

According to a Phys.org report, new analysis of the remains of a child who mysteriously died in mid-nineteenth century France revealed that he suffered from mercury poisoning. The skeleton of the ...

WASHINGTON — Industry groups representing hundreds of chemical and petrochemical manufacturers are seeking blanket exemptions ...

A research team, led by Professor Sung-Deuk Choi from the Department of Civil, Urban, Earth, and Environmental Engineering at ...

Coal-fired power plants have long used scrubbers and other devices to limit mercury and other toxic pollution and can continue to do so, she said, adding that hundreds of companies nationwide ...

the Trump administration is offering coal-fired power plants and other industrial polluters a chance for exemptions from requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury ...