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Tag: Mercury (Metal)

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E.P.A. Offers a Way to Avoid Clean-Air Rules: Send an Email

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025HIROKO TABUCHIComments Off on E.P.A. Offers a Way to Avoid Clean-Air Rules: Send an Email

Referring to a little-known provision, it said power plants and others could write to seek exemptions to mercury and other restrictions and that “the president will make a decision.”

World

Why Is Mercury Stubbornly High in Tuna? Researchers Might Have an Answer.

February 27, 2024February 27, 2024HIROKO TABUCHIComments Off on Why Is Mercury Stubbornly High in Tuna? Researchers Might Have an Answer.

Old accumulations of the toxic metal in the deep sea are circulating into shallower waters where the fish feed, new research found.

World

Gold Mining Is Poisoning the Planet With Mercury

September 22, 2023September 24, 2023Fabian Federl, Jack Nicas and Ian CheibubComments Off on Gold Mining Is Poisoning the Planet With Mercury

Ten years after an international treaty to ban mercury, the toxic metal continues to poison. The reason might have to do with your wedding ring.

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E.P.A. to Tighten Limits on Mercury and Other Pollutants From Power Plants

April 5, 2023April 5, 2023Lisa FriedmanComments Off on E.P.A. to Tighten Limits on Mercury and Other Pollutants From Power Plants

A new rule would reduce mercury, arsenic, nickel and lead emissions, which the Biden administration said would protect public health.

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Illegal Mining Fuels Crisis For Indigenous Tribe in Brazil’s Amazon

March 25, 2023Jack Nicas and Victor MoriyamaComments Off on Illegal Mining Fuels Crisis For Indigenous Tribe in Brazil’s Amazon

Illegal mines have fueled a humanitarian crisis for the Yanomami Indigenous group. Brazil’s new president is trying to fight back.

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Illegal Mining Fuels Crisis for Indigenous Tribe in Brazil’s Amazon

March 25, 2023March 27, 2023Jack Nicas and Victor MoriyamaComments Off on Illegal Mining Fuels Crisis for Indigenous Tribe in Brazil’s Amazon

Illegal mines have fueled a humanitarian crisis for the Yanomami Indigenous group. Brazil’s new president is trying to fight back.

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Biden E.P.A. Reinstates Mercury Limits Weakened Under Trump

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023Coral DavenportComments Off on Biden E.P.A. Reinstates Mercury Limits Weakened Under Trump

The moves sets the stage for the agency to issue tighter controls on mercury, a neurotoxin emitted by power plants.

World

Alarming Levels of Mercury Are Found in Old Growth Amazon Forest

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022Catrin EinhornComments Off on Alarming Levels of Mercury Are Found in Old Growth Amazon Forest

The findings, related to gold mining in Peru, provide new evidence of how people are altering ecosystems in dangerous ways around the world.

World

In Indonesia, Outlaw Gold Miners Poison Themselves to Survive

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019Richard C. Paddock and Adam DeanComments Off on In Indonesia, Outlaw Gold Miners Poison Themselves to Survive

One large mining company is trying to shut illegal operations, which use mercury. The small-scale miners say there’s no other way to earn a living.

World

The Hidden Cost of Gold: Birth Defects and Brain Damage

November 9, 2019RICHARD C. PADDOCKComments Off on The Hidden Cost of Gold: Birth Defects and Brain Damage

Indonesia’s mercury trade is intertwined with illegal gold mining around the world, leaving a legacy of thousands born with birth defects and half a million people poisoned.

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