WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Moosic, and U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) and Brian Mast (R-FL-21) this wee introduced the “Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act.” This ...
For decades, less mercury has been falling out of our skies and into our oceans. That's because coal-fired utilities, waste incinerators, mercury dumping and commercial products contaminated with ...
Contacts for media: Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944, [email protected] and Christine Gillette, 978-758-4664, [email protected] LOWELL, Mass. – Researchers studying mercury gas in the atmosphere ...
Contacts for media: Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944, [email protected] and Christine Gillette, 978-758-4664, [email protected] LOWELL, Mass. – Researchers led by a UMass Lowell environmental ...
On the banks of the Madre de Dios river, dredges work day and night in search of gold, part of a scourge of illegal mining that is slowly devouring the Peruvian Amazon. Mercury, toxic to humans, is ...
Researchers studying mercury gas in the atmosphere with the aim of reducing the pollutant worldwide have determined a vast amount of the toxic element is absorbed by plants, leading it to deposit into ...