Olga González, a gemologist and communications strategist, examines the urgent global challenge of mercury pollution in ...

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 ...

A global mercury conference in Geneva faced sharp criticism Friday from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to ...

The Tasmanian Government has directed Hellyer Gold Mines to cease mining operations at the Hellyer Mine for significant ...

A small, leafy, green peanut plant grows out of a patch of dirt. When David McLagan’s team sampled mercury isotopes in cassava, maize, and peanut crops (like the one shown here) grown downwind of a ...

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, UNEP Deputy Executive Director, stated that the Minamata Convention is driving global mercury ...

Soaring international gold prices are driving up the price of mercury, a toxic metal key in illegal gold mining, to all-time ...

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

In a recent study published today in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) journal Biogeosciences, scientists have confirmed that mercury pollution from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is ...

Around 150,000 people are set to infiltrate the Gold Coast in the next six years, with fitness gurus jumping on the ...

Gold hit a record high, here’s how jewelry is made into a gold bar and sold to investors and in Costco Attempted carjacking of a soccer coach goes wrong; 1 man in custody Secret Service discovers ...

Countries at Minamata Convention COP-6 in Geneva agreed to phase out mercury dental amalgam by 2034. The deal includes ...