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Africa: Mercury Treaty - One Year On, Governments Should Commit to Action
HRW, 23 September 2014
Governments should make an urgent commitment to protect people from the harmful effects of mercury by signing and ratifying the new Minamata Convention on Mercury, Human Rights… Read more »
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Nigeria: Rights Group Seeks Governments Protection From Mercury
CAJ News, 23 September 2014
HUMAN Rights Watch (HRW), which said it had documented the harmful effects on humans from using mercury in small-scale gold mining in Nigeria, urged governments to make an urgent… Read more »
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Tanzania: Africa Must End Use of Mercury
Daily News, 11 September 2014
MORE than 30 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Africa, including Agenda for Environment and Responsible Development (AGENDA) of Tanzania, have signed a declaration calling for… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: 'Use of Mercury Exposes Communities to Health, Environmental Challenges'
Zimbabwe Standard, 3 August 2014
The effects of the use of mercury by small-scale miners in Zimbabwe have reached alarming levels amid revelation that the miners that use the substance have been found to have… Read more »
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Africa: Lack of 'Political Will' Hampering Environmental Laws
DW, 23 June 2014
The United Nations will this week seek ways to stiffen environmental laws to crack down on everything from illegal trade in wildlife to mercury poisoning and hazardous waste. Read more »
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Africa: Govts Agree on Legally-Binding Treaty to Curb Mercury Pollution
UN News, 19 January 2013
Over 140 governments meeting at a United Nations forum in Geneva have agreed to a global, legally-binding treaty to address mercury, a notorious heavy metal with significant health… Read more »