Mercury in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

For basic information about mercury, its health effects, how to handle spills and to learn what EPA is doing to reduce mercury emissions, select from the topics listed to the right or visit the national mercury home page.

Whether dealing with small amounts of mercury at home or work, or larger emissions resulting from industrial activity, the EPA, state and local governments are working to reduce the risk of exposure in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

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Mercury in the News

Cleaning up Mercury Contamination at Superfund Sites

Air Quality

State Mercury Information

Fish Advisories

Mercury in the News
Environmental, Government Groups Launch Effort to Curb Toxic Hospital Waste - October 2003
University of Washington to Study Asia to America Mercury Migration - March 2003
Area Hospitals Join Campaign to Eliminate Mercury - February 2002

Cleaning up Mercury Contamination - Superfund sites in Region 10 that are contaminated by mercury:

Air Quality
Air Toxics Mercury compounds are one of 188 hazardous air pollutants regulated by EPA under the Clean Air Act.

State Mercury Information (the following links lead outside of EPA's Web site