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- Information for Consumers
- Information for Parents
- Schools
- Information for Health Care Providers
- Business and Industry
- En español
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- Basic Information
- Where You Live
- Frequent Questions
- Spills, Disposal & Site Cleanup
- Fish Consumption Advisories
- EPA's Roadmap for Mercury
- Controlling Power Plant Emissions
- Human Health
- Human Exposure
- Health Effects
- Human Health Links and Resources
- Environmental Effects
- Consumer Products
- Data and Publications
- Grants & Funding
- International Actions
- Laws and Regulations
- Science and Technology
- Related Links
Information for Consumers
- Basic Information
- Tables of consumer and commercial products that may contain mercury
- Consumer Products: Related Links
- Disposal
- Fish Consumption Advisories
- Health Care Providers
- Heath Effects
- Schools
- Spills
- Where You Live
- Mercury, Thimerosal and Vaccines
- Centers for Disease Control
- Food and Drug Administration
- Mercury, Thimerosal and Vaccines
- list of medicines that contain mercury
- fact sheet on thimerosal in vaccines,
- information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on thimerosal
- state legislation and regulations relating to mercury, including to the use of thimerosal in vaccines
Information for Parents
- Products containing mercury
- Recycle or otherwise properly dispose of the mercury-containing products
- Know how to clean up a spill properly
- Consumers
- Schools
- Mercury, Thimerosal and Vaccines
- list of medicines that contain mercury
- fact sheet on thimerosal in vaccines,
- information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on thimerosal
- state legislation and regulations relating to mercury, including to the use of thimerosal in vaccines
Schools
- Mission Mercury
- EPA's Healthy School Environment Resources
- Mercury: In Your Community and The Environment
- Mercury in Schools Case Studies
- State Mercury Schools Programs
- Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign (SC3)
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Metallic Mercury Exposure Alert
- Getting
Mercury Out of Schools and Communities
- Mercury
in Schools
- Mercury
– Schools Topic Hub
- Mercury in Necklaces and Jewelry
- Pollution Prevention in School and Laboratory Facilities: Lessons Learned from Mercury Reduction
Information for Health Care Providers
- Mercury and Health Effects
- Fish Consumption Advisories
- Health Effects
- Mercury Management
- Great
Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR)
Mercury Health Care Hub
- Pollution
Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx)
- Spills
- Best Management Practices for Health Care Facilities
- State Mercury Medical/Dental Waste Programs
- Health Care Without
Harm
- Hospitals for a
Healthy Environment (H2E)
- Reducing Mercury Use in Health Care
- Partners for Change: Mercury Challenge
- Best Management Practices for Medical Waste Disposal
- Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators
- Mercury
Reduction in Florida's Medical Facilities: Improving
the Management of Mercury-Bearing Waste (PDF) (101
pp., 281KB)
- Memorandum of Understanding between EPA and the American Hospital Association
- Best Management Practices for Dental Offices
- Dental
Amalgam
- Dentistry - State Mercury Medical/Dental Waste Programs
- American Dental Association's "Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Amalgam Waste"
- Thermometers
- Mercury Fever Thermometers
- NEWMOA,
the Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association
- Use of Thimerosal in Lab Reagents and Vaccines
- 40 CFR 261.24
- Use of mercury in health care lab reagents
- list of medicines that contain mercury
- fact sheet on thimerosal in vaccines,
- information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on thimerosal
- state legislation and regulations relating to mercury, including to the use of thimerosal in vaccines
Business and Industry
- General
- Mercury Study Report to Congress
- Health Care/Dental Providers
- Health Care Providers
- Sewage Treatment Plants
- Evaluation
of Domestic Sources of Mercury (PDF) (2000)(29
pp.; 2.8MB)
- Mercury
Source Control and Pollution Prevention Program Evaluation (2002)
- Pollution prevention at publicly-owned treatment works
- Power Plants
- Regulations and Standards
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
- Chlor-alkali Industry
- Regulations and Standards
- Characteristics of Mercury Emissions at a Chlor-Alkali Plant (PDF) (267 pp., 1.45MB)
- Iron and Steel Production
- A
Guide to Mercury Reduction in Industrial and Commercial
Settings (PDF) (52 pp., 360 KB)
- Regulation to control emissions from iron and steel foundries
- Mercury Contamination from Metal Scrap Processing Facilities (PDF), (10 pp., 43 KB)
- Toxics
in Vehicles: Mercury (PDF) (76 pp., 1.4MB)
- Policy
Position (PDF) (1 pp., 25 KB)
- National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program
- Auto Industry
- Clean
Car Campaign
- Toxics
in Vehicles: Mercury (PDF) (1 pp., 25 KB)
- Mercury
in Vehicles (PDF), (5 pp., 630 KB)
- Wisconsin Mercury Sourcebook
- Significant New Use Rule (SNUR)
- National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program
- Policy
Position (PDF) (1 pp., 25 KB)
- Solid Waste Management-Removal of Mercury Devices from Appliances
- 2001 report of the Franklin County, Massachusetts Solid Waste Management District
- Solid Waste Management-Removal of Mercury Switches in Automobiles
- State Car Switch Programs
- NEWMOA, the Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association
- A Study on the Potential for Recovering Mercury Switches from End-of Life Vehicles in Ontario
- How to find, remove and replace mercury switches in automobiles
- National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program
- Policy
Position (PDF) (1 pp., 25 KB)
- Mercury and Pollution Prevention
- Interstate
Mercury Education and Reduction Clearinghouse (IMERC)
- Interstate
Mercury Education & Reduction Clearinghouse (IMERC)
Mercury-Added Products Database
- Mercury
Reductions Programs Database
En español
- Recursos de información sobre el mercurio en español
- Consumo de Pescado
- Lo que Usted Necesita Saber Sobre el Mercurio en el Pescado y los Mariscos
- ¿Debo Comer los Peces que Yo Pesco? (PDF) (2 pp., 141K )
- Lo que Usted Necesita Saber Sobre el Mercurio en el Pescado y los Mariscos (PDF) (2 pp., 237KB)
- Guía sobre el Consumo de Pescado en Minnesota, para Mujeres Embarazadas (PDF) (5 pp., 133K)
- Advertencia sobre el Pescado en Carolina del Norte (PDF) (1 pp., 143K)
- La Niñez
- Como Proteger a los Niños de las Amenazas Ambientales (PDF) (1 pp., 102K)
- La Industria
- Proyecto de Agenda de Sectores de la Oficina de Conformidad de la EPA: Perfil de la Industria de Químicos Inorgánicos (PDF) (124 pp., 989K)
- Contaminación del Aire
- Centro de Información sobre Contaminación de Aire/ Hoja de Datos (PDF) (10 pp., 58K)
- Emisiones de Tóxicos en el Aire: Estrategia de la EPA para Reducir Riesgos de Salud en las Áreas Urbanas (PDF) (4 pp., 197K)
- Evaluación Nacional de los Niveles de Compuestos Tóxicos en el Aire Durante 1996: Estimados sobre Emisiones, Concentraciones y Riesgos: Hoja Técnica (PDF) (7 pp., 21K)
- La Naturaleza
- Retos que Enfrentan los Estuarios
- Normas del Reglamento Nacional Primario de Agua Potable
- Mas Recursos Informativos de la EPA en español
Basic Information
- Forms of mercury
- Sources of mercury
- Exposure to mercury
- Health effects of mercury
- Ecological effects of mercury
- Industry
- International activities
- Consumer products
- Answers to frequent questions about mercury
Where You Live
- Your Home and Community
- What should I do if I have a mercury spill?
- Addressing Indoor Environmental Concerns During Remodeling
- Tox Town
- Your State and Region
- State Fish Advisories
- State Medical/Dental Waste Programs
- State Car Switch Programs
- State and Local Collection/Recycling/Exchange Programs
- State School Programs
- State Legislation and Regulations
Spills, Disposal and Site Cleanup
- What never to do with a mercury spill
- What to do if a thermometer breaks
- Other mercury spills
- Related state links
- What to do if you have mercury in your home
- Packaging mercury for storage and transportation
- Disposal
- Cleaning up Superfund and other hazardous waste sites where mercury is present
- Mercury Response Guidebook (for emergency responders)
- Find out whether your state sponsors a thermometer exchange or recycling program
- View information on health effects related to exposures to vapors from metallic mercury.
- Mercury Fact Sheet
- state environmental agency
- National Response Center (NRC)
- State Mercury Medical/Dental Waste Programs
- State and Local Mercury Collection/Recycling/Exchange Programs
- State Mercury School Programs
- Basic Questions Dealing with Mercury Spills
- Mercury Spill Information and Cleanup Guidance (PDF) (5 pp, 87K, About PDF)
- Guidelines for the Safe Cleanup of Mercury Spilled in the Home (PDF) (4 pp, 29K, About PDF)
- Cleaning Up Small Mercury Spills
- collection/exchange programs for mercury-containing devices
- Earth911
- Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) Program
- regulations that govern universal wastes
- One Cleanup Program
- Superfund
- RCRA Corrective Action
- states authorized
- Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office
- Brownfields program
- Technology Innovation Office
- The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
- Mercury Response Guidebook (for Emergency Responders)
- Cover, Table of Contents, Emergency Notification (PDF)
- Chapter 1 (PDF)
- Chapter 2 (PDF)
- Chapter 3 (PDF)
- Chapter 4 (PDF)
- Chapter 5 (PDF)
- Chapter 6 (PDF)
- Chapter 7 (PDF)
- Attachment A (PDF)
- Attachment B (PDF)
- Attachment C (PDF)
- Attachment D (PDF)
- Attachment E (PDF)
Fish Consumption Advisories
- EPA-FDA Joint Federal Advisory for Mercury in
Fish: “What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish
and Shellfish”
- HTML version
- PDF version (PDF) (2 pp., 234K)
- EPA's Fish Consumption Advisories Web site
- National Listing of Fish and Wildlife Advisories
- Seafood Information and Resources
- Seafood Consumer Advice
- Mercury Update: Impact on Fish Advisories (PDF) (10 pp., 69K)
- The Mercury Study Report to Congress (Volume IV: An Assessment of Exposure to Mercury in the United States) (PDF) (293 pp., 1MB)
- Great
Lakes Information Network’s Fish Consumption
Advisories
EPA's Roadmap for Mercury
- View and print EPA's Roadmap for Mercury
- Complete Roadmap for Mercury (PDF) (87 pp, 3.72 MB)
- Executive Summary
- Cover Page, Table of Contents, List of Tables and Figures (PDF) (3 pp, 248 KB)
- Executive Summary (PDF) (13 pp, 415 KB)
- Introduction (PDF) (6 pp, 407 KB)
- Chapter 1: Addressing Mercury Releases (PDF) (14 pp, 716 KB)
- Chapter 2: Addressing Mercury Uses in Products and Processes (PDF) (8 pp, 484 KB)
- Chapter 3: Managing Commodity-Grade Mercury Supplies (PDF) (4 pp, 385 KB)
- Information about 2007 stakeholder panel for managing domestic stocks of commodity-grade mercury
- Chapter 4: Communicating to the Public About Mercury Exposure Risks (PDF) (7 pp, 491 KB)
- Chapter 5: Addressing International Mercury Sources (PDF) (10 pp, 553 KB)
- Chapter 6: Conducting Mercury Research and Monitoring (PDF) (12 pp, 492 KB)
- Endnotes (PDF) (8 pp, 382 KB)
Controlling Power Plant Emissions
- Overview
- Decision Process & Chronology
- Guiding Principles
- Control Technology
- Global Context
- Public Comments
- Mercury NODA
- Clean Air Mercury Rule
- Clear Skies legislation.
- Chronology of Actions to Date
- Guiding Principles
- Applying Technology
- Global Context
- Public Comments
- Summary of the proposed Utility Mercury Reductions Rule
- Regulatory Actions
- Technical Information
Human Health
Human Exposure
- Methylmercury
- Fish Consumption Advisories
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1999 and 2000 (PDF) (3 pp., 42 KB)
- EPA’s Reference Dose for methylmercury
- More recent data from the CDC
- How mercury enters the environment
- Moving up the food chain
- Water Quality Criterion for the Protection of Human Health: Methylmercury
- Elemental mercury exposure
- School Laboratories
- Dental Amalgam Use and Benefits
- list of medicines that contain mercury
Health Effects
- Methylmercury
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1999 and 2000 (PDF) (3 pp., 42 KB)
- More recent data from the CDC
- EPA's fish consumption web pages
- IRIS database
- EPA's Water Quality Data Criteria Web site
- (ATSDR) toxicological profile for mercury
- Elemental mercury effects
- Effects of other mercury compounds (inorganic and organic)
Human Health Links and Resources
- The Mercury Study Report to Congress
- Mercury and Fish Consumption Advisories
- Seafood Information and Resources
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Mercury Factsheet
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Metallic Mercury Exposure Alert
- Water Quality Criteria for Methylmercury
- IRIS Health Assessment for Mercury and Methylmercury
- Toxicological
Effects of Methylmercury
- Tox Town
- "Mercury Health Hazards"
- MedlinePlus
- Health Care Providers
- America's Children and the Environment Report
- Blood and Hair Mercury Levels in Young Children and Women of Childbearing Age --- United States, 1999
- Blood
Mercury Levels in US Children and Women of Childbearing Age, 1999-2000
Environmental Effects
- Mercury Study Report to Congress
- Mercury Maps of Air Deposition and Mercury in Fish
- The Mercury Study Report to Congress
- Volume III: Fate and Transport of Mercury in the Environment (PDF) (376 pp., 4MB)
- Volume IV: An Assessment of Exposure to Mercury in the United States (PDF) (293 pp., 1MB)
- Volume VI, Ecological Assessment (PDF) (158 pp., 3MB)
- Volume VII: Characterization of Human Health and Wildlife Risks from Mercury Exposure in the United States (PDF) (152 pp., 727K)
- Mercury Maps
- STAR grants to better understand the fate and transport of mercury through a watershed
- STAR grants to better understand the fate and transport of mercury through the atmosphere
- STAR Mercury Transport and Fate Research Projects, 2000 (PDF) (8 pp., 463K)
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- 2004 Everglades Consolidated Report
- United
Nations Environment Programme: Global Mercury Assessment
Consumer Products: Related Links
- Tables of consumer and commercial products that may contain mercury
- Batteries
- Product Stewardship site
- Laws and Regulations page
- Dental Amalgam
- NEWMOA, the Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association.
- state-by-state information about medical and dental mercury management practices
- Fluorescent Lamps
- frequently asked questions about the proper disposal of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) (PDF) (3 pp., 71K)
- information about energy-efficient light bulbs and fixtures
- LampRecycle.org,
- Association of Lighting
and Mercury Recyclers
- How to Manage Used Fluorescent and High-Intensity-Discharge Lamps as Universal Wastes.
- Federal List of Universal Wastes
- Necklaces and other Jewelry
- Washington State Department of Health
- Paint
- Indoor Environmental Concerns During Remodeling
- Thermometers
- Using Mercury in Thermometers.
- Frequently asked questions about mercury fever thermometers
- State and Local Mercury Collection, Recycling, and Exchange Programs
- Thermostats
- Technical Requirements for Thermostats
- More information about universal wastes
- Tables of consumer and commercial products that may contain mercury
- Mercury in Products
- State Legislation and Regulations
- Interstate
Mercury Education & Reduction Clearinghouse (IMERC)
Mercury-Added Products Database
- Mercury
Reductions Programs Database
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
- The
Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx)
- Substance Flow Analysis of Mercury Intentionally Used in Products in the United States (PDF) (15 pp., 422K)
- mercury thermostat project
- fluorescent lighting project
Data and Publications
- Mercury Lamp Drum-Top Crusher Study
- Mercury Study Report to Congress
- Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Explorer
- National Emissions Inventory for Criteria and Hazardous Air Pollutants
- National Air Toxics Assessment
- Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Chemicals Rules
- Mercury and Fish Consumption Advisories
- IRIS Health Assessment for Mercury and Methylmercury
- Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Database
- Envirofacts Master Chemical Integrator (EMCI) for Mercury
- EPA Great Waters Program
- Interstate
Mercury Education & Reduction Clearinghouse (IMERC)
Mercury-Added Products Database
- Mercury
Reductions Programs Database
- Mercury Deposition
Network (MDN)
Grants & Funding
- Funding Opportunites from EPA's Grants Administration Division
- How to Apply
- Great Lakes Program Funding
- STAR Grants about Mercury
- STAR Grants home page
International Actions
- Global Mercury Partnerships
- UNIDO
article on Global Mercury Project (PDF)(4 pp., 533 KB)
- 2001 feature
story on artisanal gold mining without mercury pollution
- Success story
on abatement of mercury pollution in the Philippines
- The U.S. Mercury Emission Inventory for the Arctic Council Action Plan (PDF) (10 pp., 42 KB)
- United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) Mercury Program
- Binational Toxics Strategy
- United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention
on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Protocol on
Heavy Metals
- Commission
for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) North American Regional
Action Plan for Mercury
- Regional Mercury Action Plan (PDF) (19 pp., 48 KB)
- Environment Canada's
Mercury and the Environment Web site
Laws and Regulations
- Mercury-Specific Laws
- Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act of 1996
- Other Environmental Laws that Limit Mercury Exposures
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Safe Drinking Water Act
- Mercury Regulations and Standards
- Air
- Clean Air Mercury Rule
- EPA Proposes Options for Significantly Reducing Mercury Emissions from Electric Utilities Fact Sheet (PDF) (4 pp., 23 KB)
- Clean Air Interstate Rule
- Clean Air Rules of 2004
- Reduction of Toxic Air Pollutants from Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants; Final Rule
- Solid Waste Combustion Rules (Section 129)(PDF) (1 pp, 12.6KB)
- Reduction of Toxic Air Emissions from Combustion Sources that Burn Hazardous Waste
- Reduction of Toxic Air Emissions from Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters
- Toxics
- Significant New Use Rule (SNUR)
- Water
- Final Rule - Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lake Systems (Great Lakes Initiative)
- Method 1631: Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants; Measurement of Mercury in Water
- Water Quality Criteria for Methylmercury
- Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Regulations and Guidance
- Listing Waters Impaired by Atmospheric Mercury under Clean Water Act Section 303(d), also known as “subcategory 5m”
- Air deposition information
- Wastes and Products
- Hazardous Waste Identification Regulations (40 CFR Part 261)
- Universal Waste Regulations (40 CFR Part 273)
- Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) Regulations (40 CFR Part 268)
- Solid Waste Combustion Rules (Section 129)(PDF) (1 pp, 12.6KB)
- Reduction of Toxic Air Pollutants from Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants; Final Rule
- Reduction of Toxic Air Emissions from Combustion Sources that Burn Hazardous Waste
- Reduction of Toxic Air Emissions from Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters
- Methods 7470A-7474
- States
- State Legislation and Regulations
- Interstate
Mercury Education and Reduction Clearinghouse (IMERC)
- Mercury
in Schools Project Status of Local, State and Federal
Mercury Product Legislation and Laws
- Mercury in the Air
- Related Information
- Clear Skies
- Reducing Mercury (Mercury Regulations)
- Status
of Local, State and Federal Mercury Product Legislation
and Laws, 2003-2004 Legislative Sessions
- Guidance and Technical Assistance Resources
- Guidance for Reporting Toxic Chemicals: Mercury and Mercury Compounds Category (PDF) (49 pp., 96K)
- Interstate
Mercury Education and Reduction Clearinghouse (IMERC)
- Federal Register Notices, Support Documents, and Public Comments
- Laws and Regulations
Science and Technology
- General Information about Mercury
- Mercury Study Report to Congress
- Envirofacts Master Chemical Integrator (EMCI) for Mercury
- IRIS Health Assessment for Mercury and Methylmercury
- Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Database
- Water Quality Criterion for the Protection of Human Health: Methylmercury
- Treatment Technologies For Mercury in Soil, Waste, and Water (August 2007; PDF) (133 pp., 3.84 MB)
- Research About Mercury
- Steubenville, Ohio Mercury Monitoring and Receptor Modeling Study
- Mercury Multi-Year Plan (May 9, 2003) (PDF) (40 pp, 264KB)
- Environmental Information Management System
- Science Inventory
- STAR Grants about Mercury
- STAR Mercury Transport and Fate Research Projects, 2000 (PDF)(8 pp, 463KB)
- Mercury: Transport and Fate through a Watershed 1999 STAR Grant Recipients and Abstracts
- Monitoring Water Quality in Lake Michigan: Mass Balance Methods Compendium
- University
of Wisconsin - Madison, Environmental Chemistry & Technology
Program Mercury Research Group
- Mercury in Air
- Speciated Mercury Emission Test Reports
- EPA Great Waters Program
- Environmental Technology Verification Program
- Generic Protocol for Pilot-Scale Verification of Continuous Emission Monitors for Mercury (PDF) (56 pp., 1.1M)
- Verifications for Mercury Continuous Emissions Monitors
- Mercury in Water
- Water Quality Criteria for Methylmercury
- Mercury Maps of Air Deposition and Mercury in Fish
- Method 1631: Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
- Everglades Mercury Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Pilot Study
- EPA Great Waters Program
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