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IKIMP Oil & Gas report published

Tue 31 January, 2012

IKIMP has today released a report on Mercury arising from oil and gas production in the United Kingdom and UK continental shelf which is now avialable for download.

US crackdown on mercury pollution

Fri 23 December, 2011

Chemistry World News, 23 December 2011 The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its long-awaited standards to limit mercury, lead and other toxic pollutants emitted by power
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UNEP Press Release: Mercury Negotiations Move Forward Towards Global Treaty

Mon 7 November, 2011

Nairobi, 3 November 2011 – Representatives from 120 governments gathered at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programmed (UNEP) in Nairobi for negotiations towards a global treaty
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UNEP INC1 announces Minamata Convention

June 11th, 2010

On the final day of the first negotiating meeting of the UNEP INC, 11 June 2010, it has been announced that the new instrument currently under construction with the explicit aim and reducing or eliminating global use of mercury has been named the Minamata Convention.

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