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Global Mercury Assessment

… photo: Tuna fish (Ugo Montaldo / Shutterstock.com). Marine food-webs are an important route of human dietary exposure to … in the fish and marine mammals which are part of the human food-chain. At the same time, mercury levels in parts of the … to humans and animals and can enter and biomagnify in food webs more readily than other forms of mercury. • Much …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… Nigeria Ana Garcia Gonzalez Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, Spain Ana Guadalupe Contreras de … Elena Fernández-Peinado Bestard Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, Spain Elena Nürnberger K + S … Javier Pérez-Ilzarbe Serrano Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, Spain Javier Ureta Saenz Peña …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Acting Now!

… are in tonnes of mercury Leads: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Spain, and Ministry of Housing, Land … activity. IN TI, Argentina M inistry of Agriculture, Food and Environm ent, Spain …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Minamata Convention on Mercury - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… in the atmosphere great distances, and can enter the food chain and accumulate in flora and fauna such as fish, …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… that are toxic to them. Marine organisms that are used for food can become contaminated with substances such as mercury, …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

At a glance: Minamata Convention on Mercury

… converted to methylmercury, and then concentrated up the food chain. Exposure to mercury occurs mainly through …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

19 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with mercury or mercury compounds

… Acta , vol. 69 No. 6, pp. 1575-1588. WHO, 1972. WHO Food Additives Series, No.4: Evaluation of Mercury, Lead, Cadmium and the Food Additives Amaranth, Diethylpyrocarbonate, and Octyl …
19 Jun 2026 Document