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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Large heaps of earth greet first-time visitors to the gold mining regions of Kitumbi, Bukuya, and Makokoto sub-counties in ...

The Mercury Gold Round from Money Metals Exchange pays homage to one of America’s most iconic coin designs while offering an ...

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

The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-6), held in Geneva from 3 to 7 ...

Multiple countries including the United States called Monday for a worldwide ban on mercury-based dental amalgams by 2030, at ...

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

Liberia has joined representatives from more than 140 countries at the Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-6) ...