Mini Mercury Glides Across Sun’s Vast Glare in Rare Transit

MARCIA DUNN / The Associated Press Nov 11, 2019 The next such event for the solar system's smallest, innermost planet isn't until 2032, and North America won't get another shot until 2049. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The EPA’s H2O Plus

Steve Sack / The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN Nov 8, 2019 Dig deeper

This EPA Rule Change Could Kill Thousands

Olivia Alperstein / OtherWords Jan 13, 2019 While Americans were quietly preparing to ring in the New Year, the EPA gave families a deadly present to start the year off wrong. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEOS: Unprecedented Mining Disaster in Brazil Devastates Village, Wildlife, Fishing Economy

Staff / Truthdig Nov 28, 2015 Brazil is suing two multinational mining companies connected to the collapse of a dam that killed 13 people and displaced hundreds, while ravaging river ecosystems and polluting part of the Atlantic Ocean with mud and wastewater containing toxic levels of mercury, arsenic and other metals. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Warmer Seas May Increase Mercury in Fish

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Oct 6, 2013 The marine food chain has another threat as warming waters lead to increased uptake of mercury pollution by some species of fish. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Tyranny of the Compact Fluorescent

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2011 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are set to vote on a measure aimed at repealing part of a 2007 bill that calls for phasing out those inefficient, old-style light bulbs. If passed, it's unlikely the proposal would clear the Senate. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Richard Ellis on ‘Diagnosis: Mercury’

BLANK Nov 28, 2008 Thinking of whipping up another tuna casserole? You may change your mind after reading this convincing expose by Jane M. Hightower, a San Francisco doctor. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Questioning Sushi Safety

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2008 The FDA and EPA already warn against pregnant women and children eating canned tuna because of high mercury levels, but The New York Times has discovered even more mercury in a random selection of fresh sushi tuna. And it's not just those swanky city folk who are at risk. According to one marine scientist: "Mercury levels in bluefin [tuna] are likely to be very high regardless of location [of purchase]." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )