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Financial Advisor
September 2006
Karen DeMasters |
To The Rescue How this financial advisor's favorite pastime helps save marine mammals.   |
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. |
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
December 9, 2011
Andrew Shore |
Arctic Biting Back Over Mercury Pollution Scientists have investigated the temporal trends of mercury using polar bear teeth. |
Popular Mechanics
August 12, 2008
Laurie J. Schmidt |
Sensor-Laden Super Seals Dive Deep for New Global Warming Data A behemoth marine mammal whose diving skills would put an Olympic athlete to shame has become a surprise player in climate-change studies |
Chemistry World
February 12, 2013
Laura Howes |
Biosynthesis of methylmercury discovered It's been acknowledged for years that methylmercury is produced by microorganisms far down the food chain, but what has not been known is how they do it. |
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
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. |
Smithsonian
March 2005
Doug O'Harra |
A Puzzle in the Pribilofs On the remote Alaskan archipelago, scientists and Aleuts are trying to find the causes of a worrisome decline in fur seals. |
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. |
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
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. |
Scientific American
August 22, 2005
Rebecca Renner |
Mapping Mercury The existence of mercury hot spots is still under debate and is complicating government regulations. |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2011
Rabiya Tuma |
Harboring Seals The Marine Mammal Center rehabilitates sick and injured animals, including California sea lions, elephant seals, and harbor seals, and then releases them back to the wild. |
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... |
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 |
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. |
Science News
June 3, 2006
Janet Raloff |
Has Early Programming Sealed These Animals' Fate? Surprising data from harbor seals indicate that nutrition prior to weaning may permanently set growth rates in the animals. |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2007
Emil Lee |
Growing Pains at Mercury General The auto insurer's fourth-quarter and full-year results were slightly disappointing. But it's not what the numbers are, it's what they mean. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
September 3, 2007
John Carey |
The Big Problem With Big Fish Feeble inspections make it easy for importers to slip through high-mercury seafood. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Del Monte's Fish Story Recent media attention on the health dangers of tuna is bad news for Del Monte and its shareholders. |
Chemistry World
September 29, 2008
Richard Van Noorden |
EU Bans Mercury Exports The European Union has banned exports of mercury from 2011, in order to cut emissions of the toxic metal into the environment. |
Real Travel Adventures
April 2005
Cecelia M. Miller |
Pacific Serendipity One lazy trip up the California coast the author had a rare experience. She tells us all about the San Simeon Elephant Seals. |
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. |
National Defense
August 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
Mercury Contamination Could Slow Down Destruction of Chemical Stockpile The Army has destroyed nearly half of the nation's chemical weapons stockpile during the past decade. But completing the second half of the job by the mandated deadline of April 2012 will be tougher than previously expected. |
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. |
