The toxicity levels of a popular canned food might have you worried about consuming it. Fortunately, there are ways to avoid ...

Toxic mercury-laden skin-lightening creams, banned globally, flood online platforms in India. Tests show levels up to 27,000 ...

Representatives from countries around the world are working together to reduce mercury pollution and protect people and the ...

Soaring international gold prices are driving up the price of mercury, a toxic metal key in illegal gold mining, to all-time ...

Deep in the Amazon, Indigenous women say they fear getting pregnant. Rivers that have been the lifeblood of their people now carry mercury from illegal gold mining, threatening the health of their ...

Olga González, a gemologist and communications strategist, examines the urgent global challenge of mercury pollution in artisanal gold mining. González highlights how mercury-free extraction ...

A global mercury summit in Geneva has faced criticism from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to act on mercury ...