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

A new report exposes creams sold in the country for as little as Sh599 containing dangerously high levels of mercury, risking kidney failure, severe skin conditions and neurological damage ...

Ban on mercury in dental fillings is a positive step. But small-scale gold mining will remain the largest global contributor to mercury pollution without ...

Parties to the UN Minamata Convention on Mercury met this week to discuss illegal trade, gold-mining pollution, and other ...

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

Liberia has joined representatives from more than 140 countries at the Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-6) ...

The justices grappled with a case involving a lawsuit by a Texas couple who claimed toxins in baby food had sickened their ...

SAI CINZA, Brazil >> 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 ...

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 ...