Have you ever wondered what would happen if the T-1000 from Terminator 2 attacked you and you tried to flush it down the toilet? Of course you haven’t, but why not find out what would occur in that ...

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A Feb. 20 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) raises doubts about the safety of two metals found in some vaccines. “Show me any studies that prove that the heavy metal preservatives in vaccines ...

Mercury itself isn’t a bogeyman, as it occurs naturally at low levels in rock, soil, and water throughout the world. But about half of all mercury released into the atmosphere today comes from the ...

Few substances on Earth are stranger. It shines like a mirror, conducts electricity and is as much of a metal as copper or iron. Yet this material is a liquid, one of only five naturally occurring ...

Scientists were alarmed at the amount of dissolved mercury they found in rivers and fjords. The heavy metal raises concerns for the health of indigenous communities ...

A scrap metal and electronics recycling yard in Bethlehem has been spilling unsafe levels of toxic mercury into the Hudson River, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Conventional methods for the recovery of metals from water and wastewater include reduction, 9, 10 oxidation, 11 solvent extraction, 12, 13 precipitation 14, 15 and ...

Mercury’s strange anatomy could be the result of intense violence in the very young solar system. Unlike Earth, the solar system’s shrinking, smallest planet has an iron core that occupies 65 percent ...

Despite local and international efforts to reduce mercury emissions, mercury levels in some lakes at Kejimkujik National Park have continued to rise, a new study has found. Scientists with Environment ...