CDC Fact Sheet on Mercury Includues information about mercury in the environment and human exposure to mercury.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Mercury This mercury site provides a broad range of information: actions by EPA and others, including international actions; effects on people and the environment; and how to protect you and your family.

ToxFAQs for Mercury The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, produces ToxFaQs. This is a link to a fact sheet in response to the most frequently asked health questions about mercury.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) EPA standards to limit mercury, acid gases and other toxic pollution from power plants.

Biodiversity Research Institute: Center for Mercury Studies BRI continues to play a lead scientific role in understanding the exposure and effects of mercury on wildlife in New England, North America, and around the world.

WebElements Periodic Table: Mercury This site includes extensive information on the chemical properties of mercury.

The Gelfond Fund for Mercury Research and Outreach This site aims to improve our understanding of how mercury cycles in our environment, and of the health effects of methylmercury from fish consumption.

Mercury Policy Project The Tides Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting those affecting social change, formed the Mercury Policy Project (MPP). The MPP works to promote policies to eliminate mercury uses, reduce the export and trafficking of mercury, and significantly reduce mercury exposures at the local, national, and international levels.

National Institutes of Health: Mercury-Free Campaign The Campaign for a Mercury Free NIH seeks to eliminate all unnecessary uses of mercury in the NIH facilities; encourage use of safer alternatives in biomedical research; increase general awareness of mercury hazards; and prevent mercury spills and pollution.

Lake Champlain Basin Program The Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) is a federal, state, provincial, and local initiative to restore and protect Lake Champlain and its surrounding watershed for future generations. Many efforts are being made in the Lake Champlain Basin to prevent mercury from contaminating our lakes and rivers and to protect human health.