The granular details presented by these findings contribute to the global effort tomap mercury pollution in marine animals, Reinfelder said. "Before this study, we didn't know that penguins ...

Mercury (Hg) is a naturally occurring element found across the globe, yet it becomes highly toxic as it accumulates up the ...

Awareness surrounding mercury pollution and its effects on both wildlife ... This dangerous metal invades water-based ecosystems with ease, binding to kelp and other lower levels of the food ...

Scientists from Rutgers University-New Brunswick discovered that mercury pollution affects even the ... are no human sources near the Southern Ocean, mercury can accumulate in penguins due to ...

All you have to worry about is, don’t eat high mercury fish several times a week,” food scientist Abbey Thiel tells Fortune.

Environmental groups are concerned that a proposed water pollution control permit would allow the BP Whiting Refinery to keep dumping mercury and other forever chemicals into Lake Michigan.