Mercury:
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NewsBBC Tuesday, 4 February, 2003, 00:42 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2722629.stm Activist websitesOur Stolen Future http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/ Ban Hg Working Group: http://www.ban.org/Ban-Hg-Wg/ Emissions from Power StationsControlling Power Station emissions: http://www.ceednet.org/issues/mercury.asp The Chloralkali IndustryTaking Hg out of Chloralkali industry: http://www.maineenvironment.org Global Reports and AgreementsUNEP Global Mercury Assessment Report :http://www.chem.unep.ch/mercury/default.htm Summary of the UNEP Report: Summary Comment on the UNEP report: http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/ Useful Links on MercuryWHO, IPCS, Environmental Health Criteria 101, Methylmercury.USEPA Advisory on Consumption of Fish for Pregnant Women which started the latest round of tightening of health criteria U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Main Mercury Info Site Global Mercury Forum http://www.unites.uqam.ca/gmf/globalmercuryforum/pages/resources/links.htm Medline:
General Health Information concerning mercury. General entry to Environmental
Mercury in California Mercury Problems in the Amazon because of Gold Mining:A (by Michael Jørn Mangal) detailed (but probably unreviewed)
case of the current state of the
Amazon Useful Links on MercuryAMAP – Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme • co-operating in scientific research and policy development with the seven other Arctic countries UN-ECE – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe – Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution • developing agreements with other countries in the Northern hemisphere to control POPs and heavy metals of concern to the North UNEP – United Nations Environment Programme – Global Agreement on POPs • working to find safe alternatives for pest management, and negotiating an agreement on POPs control at the global level.
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