Mercury hidden underground is leaking into Spain's Mar Menor lagoon, threatening fish, ecosystems, and coastal communities.

WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Moosic, and U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) and Brian Mast (R-FL-21) this wee introduced the “Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act.” This ...

Mercury pollution is a global threat to human health, especially unborn babies and young children. Exposure to methylmercury, a type that forms when mercury washes into lakes and streams, can harm ...

Soil analysis from several Maya cities found levels of mercury that could harm health, and modern archaeologists could be at risk. Reading time 2 minutes Ancient Maya cities like Tikal and Cerén were ...

A drill echoes through narrow tunnels deep within the mountain where miner Hugo Flores bores into rock in search of one of Earth’s most toxic elements. Buried in red stripes of minerals illuminated by ...

Gold-mining equipment operates in water near a river bank with trees in the background. Illegal gold mining along the Madre de Dios River near Puerto Maldonado in the Amazon River basin of Peru.