Minamata Convention on Mercury
- It was designed to protect human health and environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds.
- The treaty also addresses the direct mining of mercury, its export and import, its safe storage and its disposal as waste.
- It was adopted in 2013 at a diplomatic conference held in Kumamoto, Japan and entered into force August 16, 2017.
- The convention is named after the Japanese city Minamata, to symbolise the city that went through a devastating incident of mercury ....
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