Health ministers should pledge to take comprehensive action to prevent and treat the negative health effects of mercury, a toxic chemical, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
The World Health Assembly is scheduled to discuss a resolution on the new international treaty on mercury, the Minamata Convention, on May 21, 2014.
It is an annual gathering of health ministry officials from around the world. It is the decision-making body for the World Health Organization (WHO), says a released issued from Geneva.
For too long, mercury exposure has been a neglected health issue, said Juliane Kippenberg, senior childrens rights researcher at Human Rights Watch. This weeks meeting is a unique chance for health ministries to push the issue of mercury poisoning up the international health agenda.
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