The arrows for Norwegian seabird populations are pointing downward. Researchers have now recorded mercury levels above the ...

Arsenic. Lead. Mercury. Oh my.

Exclusive new testing by Consumer Reports highlights safer formulas while also identifying some that contain potentially harmful levels of heavy metals, including lead and arsenic. Here’s what parents ...

Mercury pollution accumulated in trees could offer a new way to keep tabs on destructive gold mining operations in the Amazon rainforest. “We could potentially see whether mining is starting to ramp ...

For hundreds of years, the Amazon has been exploited for its gold. Today, the precious metal is just as sought after, but the ...

Environmentalists are concerned that steel mills and other heavy industry will get exemptions from federal limits on air ...