Mercury and the Environment

http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~epados/mercbuild/src/envir.htm This page is a brief overview of how mercury enters the environment through human uses as well as through natural sources. 

http://water.usgs.gov/wid/FS_216-95/FS_216-95.html This page by the USGS discusses the mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems and includes a .pdf version online.

http://toxics.usgs.gov/pubs/hg/abstracts.html Abstracts for presentations given at the USGS workshop on mercury cycling in the environment. 

http://www.iwla.org/reports/mer_cycl.html This is a graphic of the circulation of mercury throughout the environment. 

Birds

http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/research/sis2000/hoffma04.htm Brief abstract on a USGS Research Project: Physiological and teratogenic effects of mercury on aquatic birds nesting along the mid-to lower Carson River and vicinity, Nevada. 

http://nmnhwww.si.edu/BIRDNET/OC/OCinfo/OCBv1n2.html This page is run by Birdnet, and it discusses the issue of rising mercury levels in birds and humans.

http://www.consecol.org/Journal/vol2/iss2/art10/main.html  Behavioral response of common Loons associated with elevated mercury (Hg) exposure.

Case Studies

http://sflwww.er.usgs.gov/projects/evergl_merc/index.html By the USGS, this is an extensive study of the Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Florida Everglades.  It includes numerous proposals, pictures, data, and information, a very extensive site. 

http://www.mercurypolicy.org/new/documents/NEZMCreportCard062801.pdf This file is a report by the New England Zero Mercury Campaign on the elimination progress or lack of in all of the New England states, explaining what has been done and what still needs to be done.

http://www.pca.state.mn.us/air/mercury-mn.html The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s research and reduction initiative on mercury.  This site includes primary data, graphs, and many articles. 

 http://ca.water.usgs.gov/rep/ofr00367/ofr00367.pdf A USGS site concerning mercury bioaccumulation in a historic gold mining area of the South Yuba River, Deer Creek, and Bear River watersheds of California.

http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us Elevated levels of mercury in sport-caught bass and Squawfish from the Willamette River. 

http://www.rense.com/general3/merc.htm Toxic levels of mercury In New England rain and snow. 

 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/text/1999/feb/28/508470697.html Mercury found in fish and birds in Las Vegas in Walker Lake. 

http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9802/13/everglades.mercury This page is a news brief by CNN reporting that the mercury in the Everglades came most likely from distant sources. 

http://sflwww.er.usgs.gov/publications/circular/1134/wes/merc.html This page by the USGS is the SOFIA action group's description and findings of mercury in South Florida. 

http://www.idrc.ca/books/reports/1997/19-01e.html This page explains the status of mercury in the Amazon River- sources and health impacts.  

http://biology.usgs.gov/hwsc/owhyhee3.htm This page briefly covers mapping of mercury-containing mineral sources in the Owyhee Reservoir watershed using AVIRIS Imaging. 

Fish

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/mercury.html This is a page by the FDA describing the problem of mercury in seafood, how it is true, and how it is exaggerated. It also includes advisory listings concerning the acceptable consumption levels of mercury in fish.  

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2001/ANS01065.html FDA announces advisory on Methyl Mercury in fish.

http://www.epa.gov/ost/fishadvice/advice.html EPA National Advice on Mercury in Freshwater Fish for Women Who Are or May Become pregnant, nursing mothers, and young children.

http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/Reports/brainfood/advisory/index.html This in an index list of every state of all the posted fish advisories for mercury levels.

http://www.epa.gov/ost/fishadvice/mercupd.pdf EPA update on mercury in fish, June 2001.

http://ohioline.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/enviro/sp98/enviro_6.html An article arguing the unlikelihood of “mad fish-eater” disease.  

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/foodfacts/mercurye.shtml Advisory main page of mercury in fish from Canada.

http://www.epa.gov/mercury/fish.htm The EPA link page of articles on mercury in fish.

http://www.rochester.edu/pr/releases/med/mercury.htm University of Rochester report concerning mercury levels in fish not at toxic levels for consumptions.

http://www.dphhs.state.mt.us The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services statement on the regulation of fish and mercury in children and women of child-bearing age.

http://unisci.com/stories/20012/0416013.htm A simple screening method was introduced to determine mercury levels in fish. 

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/admehg.html Fish Advisory by the FDA in March 2001 for pregnant women and young children.

http://www.jimkonish.com/marinemercury.html Fish newsletter advisory and review article from Florida concerning mercury in fish and safe consumption levels.

http://www-seafood.ucdavis.edu/Pubs/mercury.htm This page is managed by the University of California at Davis and it is a review of the dangers of mercury in seafood.  It includes possible threats and areas where mercury contamination is not as bad as some other organizations claim.