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Geotimes
August 2003
Lisa M. Pinsker |
In Search of the Mercury Solution Mercury contamination is a leading threat to U.S. lakes and estuaries. Some large-scale ecosystem studies are trying to get at the recent source of the problem: air pollution.   |
Geotimes
May 2005
Naomi Lubick |
More Mercury in Unexpected Places As U.S. policy-makers debate new control measures for mercury emissions, a series of studies has painted a picture that shows mercury contamination reaches even further than previously documented. |
Chemistry World
May 8, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
Climbing mercury levels prompt US action The US plans to ramp up collaborative efforts with international partners to curb global mercury pollution, following new findings that mercury levels in the North Pacific Ocean have climbed approximately 30 per cent over the last 14 years. |
Chemistry World
September 11, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Moulting seals bring mercury contamination to coast Elephant seals have been identified as a previously unrecognized source of mercury contamination in coastal waters by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz |
Chemistry World
January 21, 2013
Maria Burke |
Global convention to limit mercury agreed Governments from around the world agreed to a global, legally-binding treaty on Saturday to limit mercury use. This is the first new major environmental treaty in over a decade. |
Scientific American
August 22, 2005
Rebecca Renner |
Mapping Mercury The existence of mercury hot spots is still under debate and is complicating government regulations. |
Geotimes
November 2004
Sara Pratt |
Fish Advisories on the Rise A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency shows an all-time high in the number of fish advisories that warn of contamination from toxins, including PCBs and mercury, despite a simultaneous decrease in U.S. emissions. |
Science News
December 21, 2002
Janet Raloff |
Mercurial Effects of Fish-Rich Diets A message that federal health officials have failed to effectively communicate to the public, says a mercury researcher, is that many large, predatory, and long-lived oceanic species also accumulate plenty of heavy metals, including mercury. |
Geotimes
May 2005
Linda Rowan |
Clear Skies Clouded in Legislative Discontent President Bush's Clear Skies Initiative was introduced on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2002; however, it was not love at first sight in congressional chambers. |
Chemistry World
November 27, 2013 |
Mercury levels falls in US women Blood mercury levels in American women of childbearing age plunged between 1999 and 2010, according to new data released by the EPA. This may reflect changes in fish consumption or reduced power plant emissions. |
Geotimes
September 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Seabird Guano Changes the Arctic Seabirds in the Arctic act as "funnels," concentrating toxic chemical compounds collected from elsewhere and carried in their excretions into "hot spots" in terrestrial Arctic ecosystems, on land and in freshwater lakes. |
Geotimes
November 2003
Naomi Lubick |
Mercury transitions in the Everglades Mercury levels in fish in the Everglades have dropped substantially over the past decade, which may be directly related to the control and eventual cessation of mercury discharges by local power plants and incinerators, according to a study released this month. |
Science News
May 12, 2001
Janet Raloff |
A dietary cost of our appetite for gold New research indicates that in some regions of the world, the mining of gold produces an unrecognized toxic fallout: fish dinners laced with methylmercury... |
Chemistry World
June 30, 2008
James Mitchell Crow |
Mercury link to dolphin deaths Australian scientists have found that mercury poisoning could be leading local dolphins to beach themselves. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2006
Matt Koppenheffer |
How to Survive a Bear Attack Stock market bears can be severely hazardous to your financial health, and if you plan to navigate the backwoods of the stock market, it helps to understand them. Not all bears -- stock market or otherwise -- are alike, and it's important to know the best response for each species. |
Science News
November 24, 2007 |
Science Safari: Poles Apart, but Viewed Together Check out animal migration through the Arctic on International Polar Year's new website. |
Science News
March 27, 2004
Edna Francisco |
Fishy Advice--Which Tuna Is Best for You? What's the difference between canned albacore "white" tuna and canned "light" tuna? Their mercury levels, according to a recent fish advisory by federal agencies. |
BusinessWeek
January 19, 2004
Carol Marie Cropper |
Time To Scale Back On Big Fish? High mercury levels may wind up harming the health-conscious eater |
American Journal of Nursing
February 2008
O'Connor & Roy |
Electric Power Plant Emissions and Public Health Potentially harmful pollutants to be aware of and how they may affect the public's health. |
AboutSafety
April 20, 2001 |
CDC Chemical Exposure Report Begins To Fill Info Gaps In Environmental Health The first report initially measures the exposure of the US population to 27 environmental chemicals including lead, mercury, pesticide metabolites, phthalate metabolites and cotinine which tracks exposure to tobacco smoke. |
Chemistry World
October 18, 2013
Hepeng Jia |
China blamed for mercury on iconic Mount Fuji Amid a simmering row between China and Japan over an island territory dispute, new research claims that the atmosphere above Japan's iconic Mount Fuji is being polluted with mercury by Chinese industry. |
Geotimes
August 2006
Steven Quane |
It's Not Hairspray: America's Need for Science Education We are facing real and immediate energy and environmental challenges that require genuine and progressive leadership to solve. Greater public understanding of science and sound scientific processes have the potential to transform our society. |
Chemistry World
June 18, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
New evidence links air pollution with autism A study suggests that the presence in the air of pollutants from diesel exhaust, as well as mercury, lead, manganese and dichloromethane were associated with the elevated risk. |
Chemistry World
September 30, 2011
Jon Cartwright |
Messenger Sheds Light on Mercury's Formation NASA's Messenger spacecraft is bringing new understanding to the question of how Mercury formed. The new information looks set to rewrite theories about the birth of the solar system's smallest planet. |
Chemistry World
October 24, 2013
Ned Stafford |
Global treaty on mercury emissions signed A global treaty designed to cut emissions of the toxic heavy metal mercury into the environment, took another major step forward with formal adoption earlier this month. |
Scientific American
July 2009
Yam & Wilcox |
Updates: Whatever Happened to Hubble's Last Fix? Also: updates on mercury in seafood, happiness and choices, and delisting the gray wolf |
Science News
June 6, 2009
Janet Raloff |
Book Review: Diagnosis: Mercury Money, Politics & Poison Author Jane M. Hightower takes readers along on her 8 year journey while investigating high concentrations of mercury in big fish such as tuna and swordfish. |
The Motley Fool
August 7, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Mercury General Is Homesick Auto insurer Mercury General is doing well in its home state of California, but tough conditions in other states are making for some bumps in the road. |
Chemistry World
December 11, 2014 |
Canadian clamp down on mercury The Canadian government is pressing ahead with new rules that will prohibit the production or importation of most products that contain mercury, or any of its compounds. |
CRM
July 2004
David Myron |
Customers Serve Each Other in Online Communities Mercury Interactive wanted to tap a valuable group of IT professionals to create a forum in which partners and customers could share technical information. It selected Participate Systems to implement tools to work in conjunction with Mercury's Web technology solution from BroadVision. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2009
Allan S Roth |
Bear Markets Compared Let's compare and contrast the last two bear markets: the current one and the bear of 2000 to 2002. |
Chemistry World
July 12, 2007
Tom Westgate |
Model Enzyme Attacks Alkyl Mercury US chemists have devised a molecular mimic for an enzyme that destroys toxic alkyl mercury pollutants. |
Chemistry World
March 15, 2006
Arthur Rogers |
Europe Addresses Mercury Risk In a European Union drive to reduce mercury-related damage to health and the environment, Almaden Valley mine operators tentatively agreed to a plan under which surplus mercury is bought in and sold on, in place of virgin mercury. |
Chemistry World
August 25, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Simple chemistry saving thousands of gold miners from mercury poisoning Every year, thanks to mining practices that have persisted for centuries, huge amounts of mercury pollute the atmosphere and poison hundreds of thousands of people in some of the world's poorest countries. |
Chemistry World
June 25, 2007
Arthur Rogers |
Golden Opportunity to Halt Quicksilver Trade The European Parliament is supporting plans to ban exports of mercury. Politicians hope such a ban would curb hazards in the developing world created by the use of mercury in activities such as wildcat gold mining. |
Chemistry World
January 11, 2016
Andy Extance |
New vinyl catalyst will reduce mercury emissions A gold-based catalyst over 30 years in the making is set to help fight the harm China's polyvinyl chloride plastic industry is causing the country's environment. |
Scientific American
March 2007
Charles Q. Choi |
Pole Positions More than 30 nations are initiating a global campaign to study the Arctic and Antarctic: an International Polar Year. |
Chemistry World
June 25, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Graphene oxide 'teabags' make a mercury-free brew Water-cleaning tea bags containing a porous graphene oxide foam have been developed by researchers in Portugal, who say they can help purify water by removing dissolved mercury. |
Chemistry World
February 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
Dietary Needs Outweigh Risks Associated with Fish Consumption The benefits of a diet rich in fish outweigh risks of mercury poisoning, say researchers who studied the children of mothers exposed to methyl mercury during pregnancy. The researchers are calling for action from policy makers. |
