U.S. Cosponsors Event Highlighting the Minamata Convention on Mercury

Most importantly, the Convention will require countries to apply modern technology to control mercury emissions from the largest industrial sources.  The United States, which already employs these technologies, should see a significant reduction in cross-border mercury pollution as a result of improved controls in other countries. The Convention also addresses other major sources of mercury pollution, like artisanal and small-scale gold mining, and includes provisions to reduce mercury use in consumer products and industrial processes and mercury trade and supply
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