Mercury is released to the environment from both natural sources and processes and as a result of human activities. Once it has entered the environment, mercury cycles between air, land, and water until it is eventually removed from the system through burial in deep ocean sediments or lake sediments and through entrapment in stable mineral compounds .The Minamata Convention on Mercury is an Internationally global agreement to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury. The main focusses of the Convention include a ban on new mercury mines, the phase-out of existing ones, control measures on air emissions, and the international regulation of the informal sector for Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining.
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