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Friday, February 1, 2013

Environmental Success Stories: Mercury, SLCPs and Many More

Nations that have small-scale gold mining operations, (a leading cause of mercury contamination) will be required to draw up national plans to limit mercury emissions.

This agreement is expected to reduce cases of neurological and behavioral disorders, and other health problems linked to mercury, as well as the contamination of soils and rivers caused by man-made emissions of the metal.
The treaty will be signed at a special meeting in Japan this October and it will come into force in 2020. In the interim, Japan, Norway and Switzerland have pledged funds to fast-track action.

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