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Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising
2013-01-13 18:30:21| Green Car Congress
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Will the Mercury Treaty Negotiations Reduce Mercury Poisoning Around the World?
2013-01-12 19:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Delegates arrived at the Geneva International Conference Center this morning for regional meetings before tomorrows start of the mercury treaty negotiations. Most of these regional meetings were closed. Of those that were open, the news is that European Union, Central Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific support the name of "Minamata Treaty." But will they ensure that the treaty will be sufficient to prevent mercury poisoning from occurring around the world? At a lunchtime panel, world-renowned Professor...
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Treaty 'insufficient' to reduce global mercury levels
2013-01-11 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Even as government negotiators from around the world prepare to gather next week for a final round of talks on a new international treaty limiting the use of mercury, scientists and activists are warning that the draft treaty is both too weak and too limited in scope to have a major impact. "Based on what's happened so far, based on the draft text, we have strong doubts that the treaty will actually be sufficient to reduce global levels of mercury in fish and seafood," Joe DiGangi, a science and...
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Concern as mercury emissions grow
2013-01-10 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Developing nations are facing growing health and environmental risks from increased exposure to mercury, according to a UN report. It says a growth in small-scale mining and coal burning are the main reasons for the rise in emissions. As a result of rapid industrialisation, South-East Asia is the largest regional emitter and accounts for almost half of the element's annual emissions. The findings appear ahead of a meeting that aims to cut global demand by 2015. The Global Mercury Assessment...
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Mercury poisoning is a growing global menace we have to address
2013-01-10 14:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Next week, government representatives from around the world will gather in Geneva to negotiate a treaty on global emissions of mercury a deadly neurotoxin that, among other terrible things, robs unborn children of IQ points, damages the kidneys and heart, and results in tens of billions of dollars in healthcare costs every year in the US alone. The meeting in Geneva is the final session in a set of five meetings, with a treaty expected soon thereafter. While global mercury emissions are on the...
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