Large amounts of mercury from past coal burning, industry and mining are already present in the oceans. Much of it sits in deeper waters acting as a source supplying shallower water and can take ...

A study of 738 UK harbour porpoises (1990–2021) shows mercury levels rising about 1% annually, nearly doubling since the 1990s. Higher mercury burdens increased the risk of death from infectious ...

Our findings highlight that mercury ins’t just a historical problem. It is a current, growing pressure on marine mammals that ...

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

Three decades of data from UK harbour porpoises show mercury is still increasing despite a global treaty to reduce it.

Though less common nowadays, mercury fillings are still used by many dentists, notes Dr. Christopher Labos. (Credit: Allen McInnis) Shockingly, we still use mercury fillings in dentistry. You probably ...

Shockingly, we still use mercury fillings in dentistry. You probably thought they were a relic of the past, like lead-based paint. Though less common nowadays, they are still used by many dentists.

GENEVA, Nov. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The nations of the world have enacted an end to dentistry's notorious and toxic amalgam era. On 7 November, without dissent, they amended the Minamata Convention ...

Countries have agreed to phase out the use of mercury-based dental amalgams in tooth fillings by 2034, in a move that will change dentistry around the world. At a conference in Geneva last week, ...