IAEA Joins the UNEP Global Partnership to Reduce Mercury Emissions

The IAEA and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) joined forces in April to better protect human health and global ecosystems from sustained releases of mercury and its toxic derivative compounds into the environment. The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership was initiated in 2005 with the goal of minimizing, and where feasible, ultimately eliminating the release of mercury and its compounds into the air, water and land. The Global Mercury Partnership focuses on those sectors that use and release mercury or process raw materials that contain mercury, as well as areas engaged in mercury management and science.
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