End of mercury use seen with adoption of Minamata Treaty

Gutierrez said mercury impact on health and the environment especially through amalgamation has consequen-ces, ranging from mercury poisoning, kidney damage, brain and neurological damage, and contamination of the land and water networks, eventually affecting the human food chain.

Secondly, the treaty should be a wake-up call for the government to stop the entry of said substance in the country to avoid further concerns on how to manage its storage.

In the treaty, governments are mandated to come up with proper waste storage and plan how the country would collect, segregate, and contain the substance, a process which is expensive and could be more costly if the country continues to import mercury.
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