MORE ON: mercury

Daily Report: Environment

Compact fluorescent lights release mercury vapor when broken

July 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
A broken light bulb could prove seriously hazardous to your health – and not just from stepping on jagged glass. A new study indicates that when a compact fluorescent bulb is broken, mercury is released in a vapor. And the bulb will continue to release vapor for more than 10 weeks. ... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Environment

Officials warn of high mercury, PCB levels in some SF Bay fish

May 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
New state guidelines advise consumers to avoid eating shiner perch and sharks caught in the San Francisco Bay because the fish contain high levels of contaminants. An advisory released yesterday by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment said that shiner perch had high levels of... + read more
Mercury has been implicated in the homosexual behavior of polluted white ibises.
Daily Report: Environment

Scientists: Mercury may cause homosexual behavior in birds

December 2, 2010, 12:05 AM
Researchers have found that a pollutant from coal-fired power plants may cause a species of bird to exhibit homosexual behavior, reducing successful mating and nesting behavior. Mercury seems to cause male ibises to nest together, according to scientists at the University of Florida in... + read more
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