No, Mercury isn't just that silver stuff in old-timey thermometers. Mercury is a naturally occuring element in the environment and can sometimes be found in your food — most notoriously in fish.

The amount of toxic mercury in Minnesota walleye and northern pike has been going up since the mid 1990s, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reported today. The unexpected increase in mercury was ...

Canned salmon is one of our favorite items to keep in the pantry. This delicacy not only contains the unparalleled health benefits of salmon — a hearty dose of protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and ...

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — This summer weather in the Midlands often entices fishermen to take advantage of Lake Murray, the Saluda and Congaree rivers. Fish expert Sean Wittenberg said people need to ...

WASHINGTON -- No fish can escape mercury pollution. That's the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday that tested fish from nearly 300 streams across the ...

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 ...

In 2017, a new global treaty was meant to bring mercury pollution under control. But three decades of data from UK harbor ...

The ideal ecosystem to expose people to dangerous amounts of mercury requires rainy skies, a mix of industry and swamp and a culture where people have a taste for seafood. Louisiana, of course, fits ...

A fish consumption advisory has been issued for Lake Maurepas in Livingston and St. John the Baptist parishes where "unacceptable levels of mercury" have been detected in several species of fish, ...