- Mercury Policy Project - http://www.mercurypolicy.org/index.shtml
Raises awareness about the health and environmental threats of mercury contamination and works to reduce mercury exposures from power plants burning coal and municipal and medical waste incinerators.
- Mercury in the Upper Midwest - http://www.iwla.org/reports/mercury.html
A Special Report by the Izaak Walton League of America. Examines the extent of mercury-contaminated game and fish in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, the largest sources of mercury in each, and the states policies to reduce mercury emissions and releases.
- Medline Plus: Mercury - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mercury.html
U.S. National Library of Medicine information on mercury with links to reviews and articles.
- US EPA Mercury Web Site - http://www.epa.gov/mercury/index.html
Provides Environmental Protection Agency information, research, technical documents and reports.
- FDA Announces Advisory on Methyl Mercury in Fish - http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2001/ANS01065.html
Offers advice to pregnant women and women of childbearing age who may become pregnant on the hazard of consuming certain kinds of fish that may contain high levels of methyl mercury.
- National Institute for Minamata Disease - http://www.nimd.go.jp/english/
Conducts medical research to improve treatment for victims of Minamata disease (neurological disorder caused by methylmercury poisoning). Provides project information.
- Mercury - http://www.p2pays.org/mercury/
Offers general information on mercury including the health effects and household tips.
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