Mercury in Your Environment

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Mercury

Basic information
How people are exposed to mercury
Health effects
ToxFAQs on mercury and metallic mercury (ATSDR.gov)
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What EPA and
Others are Doing

What EPA and other organizations are doing about mercury pollution

What You Can Do

Steps you can take to reduce mercury in the environment and minimize your exposures to mercury

Steps you can take to:
- Reduce mercury in the environment
- Minimize your exposures to mercury
  - 2017 EPA-FDA advice about eating fish and shellfish
  - Fish advisories where you live
If you have a mercury spill:
If you have containers of mercury in your home

Products that
Contain Mercury

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News

June 27, 2018 - EPA issued final reporting requirements to assist in an inventory of mercury supply, use and trade data. The requirements apply to manufacturers and importers of mercury or mercury-added products, and to anyone who otherwise intentionally uses mercury in a manufacturing process. Based on the inventory of information collected, EPA will identify any manufacturing processes or products that intentionally add mercury, and recommend actions, including proposed revisions of federal law or regulations, to achieve further reductions in mercury use.

Don't Mess with Mercury

View a larger version of this video on EPA's YouTube channel, and learn about the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)'s mercury spill prevention initiative for schools.

Mercury in Your Environment

Learn aboutMercury

What EPA andOthers are Doing

What You Can Do

Products thatContain Mercury

Learn about
Mercury

What EPA and
Others are Doing

Products that
Contain Mercury