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The USGS provides information on mercury sources, cycling, bioaccumulation and toxicity to assist land and resource managers reduce mercury hazards to people and the environment.

Select the following link to view "Background", "USGS Science Activities", "Meetings and Discussion Groups", and "Other Links" pertaining to Mercury.

Mercury Studies information at other U.S. Federal Government Bureaus and Agencies:

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) website - Mercury studies

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Summary of Mercury and Trace Element Results in Precipitation from the Culpeper, Virginia, Mercury Deposition Network Site (VA-08), 2002-2006:
USGS Open-File Report 2008-1232

Characterization and cycling of atmospheric mercury along the central U.S. Gulf Coast: Applied Geochemistry (2008):
Outside Publication [pdf]

Total Mercury, Methylmercury, Methylmercury Production Potential, and Ancillary Streambed-Sediment and Pore-Water Data for Selected Streams in Oregon, Wisconsin, and Florida, 2003–04 (2008):
USGS Data Series 375

RELATED LINKS

USGS Mercury in the Environment Website

USGS World Coal Quality Inventory (WoCQI) Program

USGS Wisconsin District Mercury Studies Team

Mercury Deposition Network
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