Friday, January 11, 2013

Treaty 'insufficient' to reduce global mercury levels

Guardian: Even as government negotiators from around the world prepare to gather next week for a final round of talks on a new international treaty limiting the use of mercury, scientists and activists are warning that the draft treaty is both too weak and too limited in scope to have a major impact. "Based on what's happened so far, based on the draft text, we have strong doubts that the treaty will actually be sufficient to reduce global levels of mercury in fish and seafood," Joe DiGangi, a science and...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/11/treaty-mercury
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