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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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Mercury and Policy

Trasande  (2010) Economics of Children’s Environmental Health

Rabl et al., (2010) Estimating environmental health costs: Monetary valuation of trace pollutants

Pacyna et al., (2010) An Assessment of Costs and Benefits Associated with Mercury Emission Reductions from Major Anthropogenic Sources

Dorea (2010)  Research into Mercury Exposure and Health Education in Subsistence Fish-Eating Communities of the Amazon Basin: Potential Effects on Public Health Policy

Selin et al., (2010) Sources of Mercury Exposure for US Seafood Consumers: Implications for Policy

Loring et al., (2010) A risk-benefit analysis of wild fish consumption for various species in Alaska reveals shortcomings in data and monitoring needs

Rabl et al (2010) Estimating environmental health costs: Monetary valuation of trace pollutants

Streets et al.,  (2009) Projections of Global Mercury Emissions in 2050

Sundseth et al., (2009) Economic benefits from decreased mercury emissions: Projections for 2020

Balisteri and Worley (2009)  Mercury: The good, the bad, and the export ban

Spiegel (2009)  Socioeconomic dimensions of mercury pollution abatement: Engaging artisanal mining communities in Sub-Saharan Africa

Engelhaupt (2009)  Do compact fluorescent bulbs reduce mercury pollution?

Mohapatra and Mitchell (2009) Mercury trade in a globalizing world In: Trade policy in globalizing world

Swain et al.,  (2007)  Socioeconomic consequences of mercury use and pollution

Hylander et al., (2006)  Environmental costs of mercury pollution

Trasande et al., (2005)  Public health and economic consequences of methyl mercury toxicity to the developing brain

Hylander and Meili (2005)  The rise and fall of mercury: Converting a resource to refuse after 500 years of mining and pollution


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