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Taking Hg out of Chloralkali industry

The Chloralkali industry has been responsible for the dissipation of a large amount of mercury that has contributed to contamination problems around the world. Large strides have been made in phasing out mercury from the processes involved in the manufacture of chlorine but even the phasing out of mercury use by the chloralkali industry causes issues:

  • What will happen to the large quantity of Mercury afterwards?
  • Will it re-enter trade?
  • Will it be used by the third world?

These issues are behind contemporary attempts to reduce mercury in trade although recent attempts to arrange an international treaty on this appear to have failed (see News Item )

Some of these issues are addressed in a website by the State of Maine, a state where mercury is being taken out of industrial circulation permanently  Mercury/questions_and_answers The questions and answers refer to the closing of a particular chloralkali works