UN LAUNCHES GLOBAL MERCURY POISONING INITIATIVE
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLA TRIAL over two years of a new global voluntary compact to reduce mercury poisoning is now being staged by the United Nations, which says it will press for an international and binding treaty on the problem if the guidelines do not work. They were agreed at a UN Environment Programme (UNEP) governing council meeting in Nairobi last month (February), and the clock is now ticking on an assessment of the results. Ministers from 140 governments agreed to develop partnerships between governments, industry and other key groups to curb mercury ...
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