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

The soaring price of gold is fueling a "mercury boom" in central Mexico. A surge in the demand for the toxic metal, which is ...

September 2025, Quezon City.  The EcoWaste Coalition appealed to city and municipal authorities to actively cooperate with the national government and ...

With online shopping becoming the norm for convenient purchasing of various products, toxics watchdog BAN Toxics expresses concern over the continued proliferation of illegal and dangerous ...

Global efforts to ban mercury mining have only made mercury from these centuries ... Díaz-Barriga, the doctor specializing in toxic materials, said that while authorities have not comprehensively ...

The New York City Council will consider a ban on the sale of menstrual and intimate care products with certain chemicals, including fragrances and dyes. The bill, introduced by City Council Member ...

The EcoWaste Coalition sounded the alarm against the sale of beauty kits consisting of unauthorized products, including a ...

Many marine mammals and seabirds degrade methylmercury mostly in the liver. Atlantic bluefin tuna appear to lean on the ...

Here are some takeaways from AP’s report on the issue: ...