The Tennessee Department ... including elevated mercury levels. After conducting several tests in local reservoirs, officials issued advisories for three different lakes across the state ...

Yellow perch exhibited 157% higher mercury concentrations in lakes invaded by zebra mussels. Average-sized yellow perch had a 50 times higher risk of exceeding mercury thresholds.

OAK RIDGE — Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are trying to find a way to clean mercury out of East Tennessee's most ... an industrial past with high levels of mercury.

Recent studies show that, in the future, the mercury concentration of fish in Finnish Lapland can shift closer to the level found in lakes located below the Arctic Circle. According to researchers, ...