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

November 15, 2018 - EPA’s Smart Sectors program renewed a 2006 Memorandum of Understanding with the National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program (NVMSRP). The program was set to expire in 2017; however, given its effectiveness, EPA re-joined the MOU, which is now extended to 2021. Involving more than 10,000 recyclers, this program has already removed and safely recycled more than 6.8 million mercury switches, containing a total of more than 7.6 tons of mercury.

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