This page provides links to more information about mercury on on the World Wide Web.

Mercury contamination in Maine

List of selected Maine lakes and the mercury, cadmium and lead found in fish in them, from the fish tissue contamination in Maine Lakes report. A preliminary examination of the mercury data revealed that high concentrations in fish were found to be widespread throughout the state.

Recent stories and photos from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel in Central Maine about a mercury spill in Waterville, Maine. Several people were exposed to the toxic metal.

General information about mercury on the Web

U.S. Geological Survey's section on Mercury Contamination of Aquatic Ecosystems is a thorough overview of mercury, how it affects humans, how it affects the environment, with illustrations and photographs.

Information about mercury from the University of Minnesota. Explains what mercury is, why it's important to study it, and the risks of eating fish.

A description of the mercury problem by our neighbors to the north in Ontario, Canada.

The Right-to-Know Network has a factsheet on mercury.

Mercury's effects on health

Report on the mercury's effects on the Cree people of Quebec, whose diet includes much fish and wild game.

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's fact sheet for mercury contains a description, possible health effects, how you can be exposed to it, and its effects.

EXTOXNET has a searchable collection of resources on mercury. Enter mercury in the search field to find articles on its effects on health.

The EPA has a fairly technical report on health effects.

A report, mercury pollution from deforestation, which studied fish-eating people in the Amazon. Mercury is used there in a gold-mining process.

More about the people of the Amazon: A study of Kayapo children and mercury pollution.

Mercury's effects on nature

Maine's fish-consumption advisories

A report, Fish tissue contamination in the state of Maine, from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

U.S. Geological Survey's section on Mercury Contamination of Aquatic Ecosystems is a thorough overview of mercury, how it affects humans, how it affects the environment, with illustrations and photographs.

What you can do

Something the average person can do to prevent mercury pollution, from E, an environmental magazine: turning out the lights on mercury pollution

The mercury page contains information about mercury, including details bout the mercury in your fillings, and links to more about mercury.

Maine's policy on disposing of lamps containing mercury