Minamata Convention on Mercury: Two years after
It was exactly two years on Friday 16th August 2019 that the Minamata Convention on Mercury- a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from human-induced emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds- came into force.
The Convention became legally binding on 16th August 2017, 90 days after it exceeded the threshold of 50 countries that ratified it.
Annually, as much as 9,000 tons of mercury are released into the atmosphere, in water and on land. The largest source of these emissions is artisanal and small-scale gold mining, followed closely by coal combustion, non-ferrous metal production and cement production.
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on Aug 18 2019. Filed under No Mercury.
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