Toxicological
Effects of Methylmercury
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) July 2000 report on its review of
mercury health effects data and the EPA's mercury "reference dose."
Measuring
Mercury in Water
The page contains the final regulations for Method 1631: Guidelines Establishing
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants; Measurement of Mercury in
Water.
Water
Quality Criteria for Methylmercury
EPA is updating the ambient water quality criteria for methylmercury. This
page contains information on the update of the existing criteria, which
were developed in 1980.
Test Methods for Evaluating Mercury
These documents are from EPA's publication "SW-846," which is the Office
of Solid Waste's official compendium of analytical and sampling methods
that have been approved for use in complying with RCRA regulations.
Mercury
Transport and Fate in Watersheds(In Adobe
Acrobat PDF format)
Newsletter updating research funded in 1999 by EPA's STAR (Science and Technology
to Achieve Results) program to develop a better understanding of mercury's
terrestrial and aquatic fate and transformation processes that influence
ecological and human exposures.