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Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… plants and mine tailings can contain heavy metals, such as mercury and arsenic, as well as organic compounds and … in land and soil include heavy metals such as lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium and chromium, persistent organic … can be used to help remove heavy metals such as mercury, for example in the treatment of mining tailings; the …
27 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Protecting human health and the environment: A guide to the Rotterdam Convention on hazardous chemicals and pesticides

… HCH (mixed isomers) heptachlor hexachlorobenzene lindane mercury compounds, including inorganic mercury compounds, alkyl mercury compounds and alkyloxyalkyl and aryl mercury
27 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… simulation focused on the Minamata Convention on Mercury. The simulation was hypothetical but drew upon issues … (2001) 532, <http://chm.pops.int>; Minamata Convention on Mercury, Geneva, 19 January 2013, in force 16 August 2017, … Species Convention). 4. The Minamata Convention on Mercury (Minamata Mercury Convention). 5. The Basel …
27 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General

… December 1998. 59 See, for example, Minamata Convention on Mercury (2017); Paris Agreement (2015); United Nations … undertake any verification with respect to illegal trade. Mercury 33. Mercury and mercury compounds are recognized as chemicals of …
27 May 2026 Document

Final: Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment

… December 1998. 59 See, for example, Minamata Convention on Mercury (2017); Paris Agreement (2015); United Nations … undertake any verification with respect to illegal trade. Mercury 33. Mercury and mercury compounds are recognized as chemicals of …
27 May 2026 Document

E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Manual - Developed in the framework of the SBC E-waste Africa project

… E-waste contains toxic substances such as lead, cadmium, mercury or bro- minated flame retardants. On the other hand, … batteries, printed wiring boards - Lithium Li-batteries - Mercury Fluorescent lamps that provide backlighting in LCDs, in some alkaline batteries and mercury wetted switches - Nickel Rechargeable NiCd-batteries …
27 May 2026 Document

Scientific Assessment Report - UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution - Summary for policy makers

… Europe by up to 15%. Background concentrations of ozone, mercury and several persistent organic pollutants in Europe … E.g. in a number of countries critical loads for mercury are still exceeded. Critical load exceedance of mercury in 2010. Orange regions indicate regions with a high …
27 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… • Ozone depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol • Mercury.(Minamata Convention) • Asbestos (ILO Convention) … Transboundary Air Pollution and the Minamata Convention on Mercury • Endocrine-disrupting chemicals • Nanotechnology • … PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), asbestos, lead and mercury 35. Accelerate the implementation of the Basel, …
27 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… trade, of hazardous and household waste, and more recently mercury, with the entry into force of the Minamata Convention … areas concerned (Kateregga 2010). Reduction of global mercury emissions If global mercury emissions could be reduced by 50 per cent to 60 per …
27 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

PIC Chemicals An Introduction to the Chemicals Listed in the Rotterdam Convention that are Subject to the Iinternational Legally-binding Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure

… 76-44-8 Hexachlorobenzene 118-74-1 Lindane 58-89-9 Mercury compounds including inorganic mercury compounds, alkyl mercury compounds and alkyloxyalkyl and aryl mercury
27 May 2026 Document