Once in the water, mercury is transformed by bacteria into methylmercury, the toxic form that builds up in fish. “All marine organisms will contain mercury,” explains Dr Andrew Turner ...

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have come up with a novel approach to packaging canned tuna ...

A recent article published in Global Challenges proposed a novel approach to lowering mercury levels in fish meat during post-packaging storage, which could potentially extend its safe consumption ...

(Learn how mercury gets into fish.) Though the agencies say consumers should seek out fish that are low in mercury, almost all seafood contains the toxin in varying amounts, and getting too much ...

The HHS secretary has fought mercury pollution for years. He’s now in an administration that wants to make it easier for ...

Much of the fish you eat is contaminated with mercury, a toxic element that finds its way from factories and power plants into rivers, lakes, and oceans. This has become a major public health ...