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 chemical composition of a planetary body reflects its starting conditions modified by numerous processes during its formation and geological evolution. Measurements by X-ray, gamma-ray, and ...

Mercury is a potent neurotoxin present in our daily lives and our body can accumulate it over the years. Food consumption, such as fish and rice, is the most common source of mercury exposure. Mercury ...

A magma that would freeze solid on Earth can keep flowing on Mercury, and sulfur is the reason. New laboratory experiments published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta in early 2026 show that ...

EPA has extended the December 26, 2017 deadline for comments on its proposed rule on reporting obligations relating to mercury, mercury compounds, and mercury-added ...

New research 1 exposes the stratosphere as a major driver of mercury pollution, challenging long-held beliefs that the layer below it, the troposphere, dictates global spread of the heavy metal.