Advisories about Mercury in Fish

• Guidelines for eating fish that contain mercury
• EPA-FDA advice about eating fish and shellfish
• Find fish advisories specific to your state, territory or tribe

Reducing Mercury in Gold Refining Shops

Small-scale gold refining is a major cause of air pollution from mercury. EPA helped design a low-cost mercury capture system that is simple to build and install, uses locally available materials, and reduces mercury emissions by at least 80%.

• Learn how EPA's mercury capture system is helping reduce mercury in gold shops.

Export Ban on Mercury Compounds Takes Effect

On January 1, 2020, the ban on the export of five mercury compounds from the United States takes effect. The chemicals prohibited from export are mercury(I) chloride (or calomel), mercury(II) oxide, mercury(II) sulfate, mercury(II) nitrate, and mercury sulphide (or cinnabar).

The export of elemental mercury was prohibited on January 1, 2013. Read the Federal Register notice prohibiting the export of mercury compounds.