High levels of mercury exposure can cause birth defects, permanent brain or kidney damage, and/or death. This resource focuses on the impacts of mercury in the environment. Learn how mercury can reap havoc on lakes and other aquatic...

A nice concise summary of basic information on mercury, including sources, history and uses, as well as information on mercury poisoning.

An A to Z list of illnesses and disorders caused by environmental factors, e.g., asthma, allergies, mercury poisoning, cancer and others. Each is listed with a short, one paragraph overview of the condition and causes.

Learn where mercury can be found at home and at school, how exposure affects humans, ways to protect yourself from it, and the damage it is doing to the natural environment.

This CalGoldRush site discusses the damage mercury used in gold mining has done to California's environment

Discusses the toxicity of mercury, something that has been only fully understood in recent years, and what it has been used for. Some of these applications are being discontinued as manufacturers find ways of replacing the mercury with a...

You might know that lead can be toxic, and that you can get lead poisoning from eating or inhaling old paint dust. Lead is called a heavy metal, and there are other sources of heavy metals that can be toxic, too. Silver, copper, mercury,...