Background Information
Community Action
Effects of Mercury
General Information
Mercury and the Environment
Mercury and Humans
Mitigation/Waste Management 
Risk Assessment 
Scientific Studies
Sources of Mercury
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Background Information 

http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/sulfides/cinnabar/cinnabar.htm This site is a basic description of the mineral Cinnibar, HgS.  This mineral is the major industrial source of mercury.

http://nobel.scas.bcit.ca/resource/ptable/hg.htm General information and history of Mercury.

http://www.mercurypolicy.org/index.shtml This site is a large composition of groups looking to expose the story of mercury and educate people on the threats and hazards associated with Mercury, as well as what organizations are doing about it.

http://www.health.state.mn.us Information by the MDH on what Methylmercury is, how it gets into fish, and the dangers associated with it.  

http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/Hg/key.html This is an accessible, yet small site with excellent pictures, graphs, cartoons, and movies helping to explain what mercury is and what it looks like.