NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – Two children in Connecticut were hospitalized with mercury poisoning Tuesday. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) said the home in ...

Large quantities of liquid mercury have been discovered at one of Mexico’s most sacred pre-Columbian sites. Archaeologist Sergio Gómez told Reuters that he found the silvery poison beneath the Pyramid ...

Mercury is a mesmerizing element. Silvery, lustrous, and liquid and room temperature, it seems like a substance straight out of a fairy tale. In fact, it was long called quicksilver, which literally ...