Mercury is a highly toxic environmental metal that can lead to mercury toxicity or poisoning when consumed, inhaled, or touched. Common symptoms of mercury poisoning include muscle weakness, skin ...

Feeling exhausted, achy, and anxious way too often lately? The toxic heavy metal mercury could be literally dragging you down. When mercury accumulates in the body, as experts say it does for many of ...

A suspect was arrested Wednesday afternoon in connection with a mercury scare that shut down an elementary school on Wednesday; and at least one child is exhibiting symptoms of mercury exposure, ...

People who are pregnant or nursing, those who are trying to get pregnant, and children should avoid eating any seafood that contains mercury. Tilefish has the highest amount of mercury, while fish ...

Mercury pollution is a global threat to human health, especially unborn babies and young children. Exposure to methylmercury, a type that forms when mercury washes into lakes and streams, can harm ...

Archer said a child has suffered serious health effects and is being treated for it. She also said officials are not seeing ...

A woman in Minnesota lost part of her vision and inadvertently put her entire household at risk of mercury poisoning, most likely from using beauty creams containing high levels of the toxic chemical, ...

For years, doctors brushed off Khristee Rich’s fatigue that eventually made it impossible for her to work, socialize, or take care of herself. This exhaustion was accompanied by other symptoms: brain ...

MINNESOTA -- A woman in Minnesota lost part of her vision and inadvertently put her entire household at risk of mercury poisoning, most likely from using beauty creams containing high levels of the ...

Munduruku people in Brazil are battling miscarriages and loss of sight and sound, a community leader tells Sky News.