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

July 13, GNA-A new scientific study has found excessively high levels of arsenic and mercury in fish from Ghana’s Keta Lagoon, raising serious concerns about public health—particularly for children, ...

Ice, ice, baby — too cold, too cold. A recent spacecraft flyby over Mercury has experts believing that the planet closest to the sun has “frozen water” on its surface — and they’re ...

Water which has been contaminated with mercury and other toxic heavy metals is a major cause of environmental damage and health problems worldwide. Now, researchers present a totally new way to ...

UCSC undergraduate Cruz Ortiz set up equipment for collecting samples of fog water on the coast. (Photo by Rene Paul Acosta) An ongoing investigation of elevated mercury levels in coastal fog in ...

News of the mercury finding was followed Saturday by an announcement from the Navy that "no more than" 30 gallons of fuel and water had spilled at the Red Hill Fuel complex.

Mercury removal made easy Solution to toxic environments closer with waste materials Date: May 13, 2022 Source: Flinders University Summary: Mercury pollution is a global problem in water, air and ...

As it interacts with bacteria in the water, mercury changes chemically into a different form, called methylmercury. “That’s the stuff that’s really toxic,” Chumchal says.

Yes, there is water on Mercury, but there is also mercury in the water. Lots of it. In fact, according to a giant new report called “Sources to Seafood: Mercury Pollution in the Marine ...

As if wildfires and raging floodwaters weren't enough, Cave Gulch area residents now are having their wells tested to see if mercury is in their drinking water.

As close to the sun as Mercury is, in 2012, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft discovered water ice in the craters around its north pole, where regions may be permanently shaded from the heat of the sun.