What if counteracting mercury contamination in waterways could be as simple as adding selenium? That proposition has gained ...

A specially designed microbe cuts dietary methylmercury levels in pregnant mice, signaling the potential for a new tool for ...

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing to curb illegal gold mining in the Nanay River basin.

Norton said the process tested in K-State’s labs can detect mercury down to 10 parts per million, a level considered high for water safety. The researchers tested pond water, drinking water and ...

Human activity has caused the amount of mercury being transported through rivers all over the world to increase up to threefold since the Industrial Revolution, making regulations to prevent toxic ...

NEW IDRIA, Calif. (AP) — Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California’s rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state’s major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking ...

Colombia’s Constitutional Court has issued a historic ruling, finding in favor of Indigenous leaders who say their ...

Alligators aren’t all that’s lurking in southeast swamps as University of Georgia research uncovers increased levels of a toxic metal in the water.

The swamps of Georgia and South Carolina harbor something more dangerous than the alligators for which they’re best known.