Part 1 explores mercury’s long and complicated story from ancient alchemy to modern industry and why it’s both useful and ...

Mercury can be found in a variety of non-laboratory items such as fluorescent light bulbs, thermometers, older pressure gauges, plumbing traps, manometers, barometer, thermostats, capacitors, and ...

Tuna is one of the most popular seafoods worldwide. But this protein-rich fish can build up high levels of methylmercury from feeding on contaminated prey, like smaller fish or crustaceans. Despite ...

The company says it now has the only facility in the U.S. capable of providing disposal for the element, which cannot be ...

Excavating human skeletons is the closest archaeologists can get to the people who lived in the past. Once excavated the bones are often analysed chemically in order to yield as much information as ...

Southside High School will be closed Tuesday after a chemical spill on campus, the district said. A student brought a vial of mercury to school that was dropped and spilled on the floor of a classroom ...