Ratification of the Minamata Convention will mean that your country is required to fulfil many of the obligations stated within the Convention. Some obligations are to ban the use of mercury and mercury-added products [which may be extensive for Caribbean countries], to encourage proper waste management especially mercury-containing material, prevent the construction of any future mines, or any industrial process that may use mercury (see checklist for full details on Obligations to the Minamata Convention). As a component of the MIA project, fish consumption guidelines will be produced based on scientific evidence of mercury concentrations in consumable and native aquatic based animals.
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