Zebra mussel poop seems to be fueling rising mercury levels in walleye and perch, according to a new Minnesota study.

According to the EPA’s 2023 study, approximately 26% of the analyzed fish exceeded the mercury threshold deemed safe for ...

(Learn how mercury gets into fish.) Though the agencies say consumers should seek out fish that are low in mercury, almost all seafood contains the toxin in varying amounts, and getting too much ...

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 ...

Cornell-led research in the Amazon reveals smaller fish species are more nutritious, lower in mercury, and less prone to ...

And humans are then exposed to the element when they eat the fish, one of the most widely consumed around the world. Getty Images Concentrations of mercury in the fish had failed to declined as ...

State health and wildlife officials have updated their list of the fish and other aquatic species in Kansas that should be ...

The mercury threshold is three times higher for tuna than for other fish species. Aisling Pigott-Jones, a member of the British Dietetic Association who works in Wales, thinks the campaigners have ...