University of Georgia research has found that inorganic mercury, which was previously thought to be a less harmful form of the toxic metal, is very damaging to key cell processes. This study is the ...

As pollution continues to impact the world’s oceans, methylmercury—the most toxic form of mercury—is increasingly accumulating in global fisheries. As a result, seafood consumption is the primary ...

In 2012, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory “made one of the biggest discoveries in the field of mercury pollution in a couple of decades or so,” said Jerry Parks. It was a remarkable feat ...

In early May, the neurotoxic effects of the heavy metal mercury made news when outlets reported that 2024 U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in 2012 that he experienced cognitive ...