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The rise and fall of mercury

The use of mercury could slowly die out as Europe and the US recently passed a ban to export one of the most infamous element in chemical history. Yesterday, the US Congress approved the Mercury Market Minimization Act of 2008 , which would ban the export of elemental mercury, prohibit federal agencies...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-30-2008
Mercury link to dolphin deaths

Another news from Australia, scientists from the continent found that mercury poisoning could be a contributing factor for why dolphins strand themselves on the shore. According to an article from the Royal Society of Chemistry , scientists from the Monash University in Melbourne found higher mercury...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008
A Mom's day gift from Sierra Club

US environmental group Sierra Club is giving mothers across the country a mercury-free bag of lawsuits against coal-powered plants . Sierra Club is asking the 30 coal plant developers across the US to go back to the drawing board and develop new plans to control mercury and other toxic pollution before...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-07-2008

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