Representatives from 120 governments gathered at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi for negotiations towards a global treaty on mercury. The third of five sessions of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC3) addressed the release of mercury into the environment from energy production and industrial processes and the use of mercury in small-scale gold mining, consumer goods and its presence in hazardous wastes, among other issues.
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