Mercury
Your Health and the Environment

Sources of Information on Mercury

Q73. Where can I get more information about mercury?
Canada-wide Standards for Mercury. Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, 123 Main Street, Suite 360, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1A3;
http://www.ccme.ca/initiatives/standards.html

Environment Canada. Mercury and the Environment;
http://www.ec.gc.ca/mercury/ This website includes information and links regarding:

• Sources and environmental cycling and fate of mercury;
• Environmental impacts of mercury;
• Federal/Provincial/Territorial and International initiatives to manage mercury releases;
• Information on fish consumption advisories;
• Information on cleaning up small mercury spills.

Health Canada. 1994. Health and Environment - Partners for Life.;
http://www.hpclearinghouse.ca/features/hepl.htm

Health Canada. 1996. The Safety of Dental Amalgam;
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/media/releases/1996/96_63e.htm

Health Canada Advisory: Information on Mercury Levels in Fish. May 29, 2002;
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/protection/warnings/2002/2002_41e.htm