Mercury

Business

Mercury Pollution Is Falling, but Not in Tuna. This Might Be Why.

Old accumulations of the toxic metal in the deep sea are circulating into shallower waters where the fish feed, new…

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Arts

A Body, a Family and the Woman Who Changed Everything

In “Mercury,” Amy Jo Burns explores the conflicting loyalties and many secrets of a roofing clan in small-town Pennsylvania.

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Arts

Was Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Originally ‘Mongolian Rhapsody’?

One of Freddie Mercury’s early drafts, which is being auctioned by Sotheby’s, shows that he crossed out “Mongolian” and substituted…

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Business

E.P.A. to Tighten Limits on Mercury and Other Pollutants From Power Plants

A new rule would reduce mercury, arsenic, nickel and lead emissions, which the Biden administration said would protect public health.

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Business

Biden E.P.A. Reinstates Mercury Limits Weakened Under Trump

The moves sets the stage for the agency to issue tighter controls on mercury, a neurotoxin emitted by power plants.

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