Climate change and overfishing may be hampering efforts to reduce toxic mercury accumulations in the fish and shellfish that end up on our plates. Mercury emissions are decreasing around the globe.

Fish can be a healthy and delicious meal, but if you're fish fan, you may be concerned (and even a little confused) about mercury levels in your fish. To be clear, all fish contains some amount of ...

Aug. 14—ANDERSON — Throughout more than 50 years of angling along the White River, J.R. Rosencrans has not only become familiar with its prime fishing spots, but he's also seen its ecosystem ...

Mercury levels in popular fish — including tuna, salmon and swordfish — are rising, and climate change and overfishing may be to blame, a new study suggests. That mercury levels would increase in fish ...

File photo: A man wears a face mask as he fishes near docked oil drilling platforms, Friday, May 8, 2020, in Port Aransas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Eating fish is the most common way people ...

The benefits of getting fish in your diet are well known (it's in the Mediterranean diet, for example), but mercury poisoning remains a concern. Now, scientists have figured out how to cut levels of ...

Mercury levels in the seafood supply are on the rise, and climate change and overfishing are partially to blame, according to a new study. Scientists said mercury levels in the oceans have fallen ...

At this point, it's well known that every fish contains at least a tiny amount of toxic mercury, or methylmercury to be specific. Even though mercury can be produced naturally, the high mercury levels ...

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DANBURY — It makes sense that fish living near former Still River hat factories would have higher levels of mercury in their muscles than fish living away from historical pollution hotspots in the ...