| Directory > Science > Environment > Environmental Health > Toxic Substances > Mercury National Institute for Minamata DiseaseConducts medical research to improve treatment for victims of Minamata disease (neurological
 disorder caused by methylmercury poisoning). Provides project information.
 http://www.nimd.go.jp/english/
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 Health Canada: Information on Mercury Levels in Fish
 Advisory to Canadians to limit consumption of  shark, swordfish, and fresh and frozen tuna.
 http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/protection/warnings/2001/2001_60e.htm
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 FDA Announces Advisory on Methyl Mercury in Fish
 Offers advice to pregnant women and women of childbearing age who may become pregnant on the hazard
 of consuming certain kinds of fish that may contain high levels of methyl  mercury.
 http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2001/ANS01065.html
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 Clean the Rain, Clean the Lakes: Mercury in Rain Is Polluting The Great Lakes
 National Wildlife Federation report reveals that the rain falling from the skies over the
 Midwestern U.S. contains levels of mercury that far exceed what the Environmental Protection Agency
 considers "safe" for water.
 http://www.nwf.org/cleantherain/CTRexec.html
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 US EPA Mercury Web Site
 Provides Environmental Protection Agency information, research, technical documents and reports.
 http://www.epa.gov/mercury/index.html
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 Medline Plus: Mercury
 U.S. National Library of Medicine information on mercury with links to reviews and articles.
 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mercury.html
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 Mercury in the Upper Midwest
 A Special Report by the Izaak Walton League of America. Examines the extent of mercury-contaminated
 game and fish in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, the largest sources of mercury in each, and the
 states policies to reduce mercury emissions and releases.
 http://www.iwla.org/reports/mercury.html
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 Mercury Policy Project
 Raises awareness about the health and environmental threats of mercury contamination and works to
 reduce mercury exposures from power plants burning coal and municipal and medical waste
 incinerators.
 http://www.mercurypolicy.org/index.shtml
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 Mercury in New England
 EPA New England information on the mercury levels in the lakes, streams, fish, fish eating birds
 and mammals of the Northeast. Links to other EPA resources on mercury.
 http://www.epa.gov/region1/eco/mercury/mercne.html
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