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Federal Departments and Agencies
State Governments
International Resources
Non-Government Resources
Federal Departments and Agencies
The EPA is one of several agencies in the federal government that is involved with aspects of mercury. Below are links to pages from some other federal agencies which deal particularly with mercury in relation to the environment and associated health and ecological issues.
Agency For Toxic Substances Disease Registry (ATSDR) fact sheet on mercury
Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) fact sheet
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Report on Human Exposure to Mercury (PDF) (3 pp., 42 KB, About PDF)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fact sheet on Food Safety and Mercury
Tox Town: National Library of Medicine's interactive guide to common toxic substances
US Geological Survey (USGS)
• Mercury Research in the USGS
• Mercury Statistics and Information
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Guidelines for Mercury Vapor
State Governments
State governments and agencies also work on mercury related issues. For information about mercury in the state or community where you live, please visit the Where You Live - Your State and Region section of this Web site.
International Resources
Mercury is found all over the world. To find out what the United States and other countries are doing about mercury, please visit the International Actions section of this Web site.
From Environment Canada:
• Mercury and the Environment
site
• Atmospheric
Science – Mercury Research site
Canadian Food Inspection Agency: Food Safety Facts on Mercury and Fish Consumption
Mercury 2006: Eighth international conference on mercury as a global pollutant (8th ICMGP) (August 2006; in Madison, Wisconsin)
• Home page
• Conference declaration on the state of mercury science
Non-Government Resources
In addition to federal and state governmental agencies, there is a large number and wide variety of private sources for information about mercury. The following links are not an endorsement by the EPA, but rather a starting place for your research and questions about mercury in industry and professional organizations, university or other research facilities, and non-profit organizations. There are many other resources that are available about mercury that are not listed here that you will find by searching the Web:
Professional Organizations
Association of Lighting and Mercury
Recyclers
Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association Mercury Reduction Program
Universities and Medical and Research Facilities
METAALICUS
- Mercury Experiment To Assess Atmospheric Loading In Canada and
the United States
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
(H2E)
Mercury in Schools
Project - University of Wisconsin Extension's Solid and Hazardous
Waste Education Center
University
of Wisconsin - Madison, Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program
Mercury Research Group
Non-Profit Organizations
Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx) - A consortium of eight regional pollution prevention information centers, funded in part through grants from EPA. These centers all provide pollution prevention information, networking opportunities, and other services to states, local governments, and technical assistance providers in the regions.