2024 Fact Sheet on Mercury-added Products

Article 2 of the Minamata Convention defines “mercury- added products” as products or product components that contain mercury or a mercury compound that was intentionally added. Under Article 4, the Convention calls upon its Parties to reduce mercury demand in products by phasing out mercury in many key products and controlling uses in others, along with discouraging the manufacture of new products.

This fact sheet has been designed with funding from the European Union.