'Integrating Knowledge to Inform Mercury Policy'

The MEC7 conference originally planned to be hosted at Oxford University is now likely to be held in Edinburgh. Owing to a number of complicating factors it was decided that this would be more feasible and currently a late May/mid-June 2010 date is being investigated. For further information please contact Lesley Sloss.

ScienceDaily (Dec. 12, 2009) – A new study on the surface chemistry of silver-colored, mercury-based dental fillings suggests that the surface forms of mercury may be less toxic than previously thought. For the full article please go to the ScienceDaily website

A workshop held at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford on 13 & 14 October 2009 considered the scientific and engineering issues associated with ensuring the safe storage and disposal of redundant mercury. Presentations from the workshop are now available.

Mercury is a global pollutant arising from many sources, including biomass burning, which includes both wildfires and intentional fires to clear land. A recent study estimates that mercury emissions from BMB make up 8 per cent of total global mercury emissions.