Africa: Mercury Treaty - One Year On, Governments Should Commit to Action

With regard to small-scale gold mining, the treaty requires governments to draw up national action plans that include steps to eliminate the most harmful forms of mercury use, promote mercury-free mining methods, protect children and women of childbearing age, and seek to improve the health of miners.
So far, 102 governments have signed, but many others have not, including governments that have a significant role to play in reducing mercury exposure globally. Among those that have not signed are:
Russia and India, two important global powers;
Kyrgyzstan, which has active mercury mining and exports mercury globally;
Algeria, which has mercury deposits and a closed mercury mine; and
Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with sizable small-scale gold mining sectors.
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