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Infographic: Mercury and biodiversity
Check out this infographic to learn more about how toxic mercury impacts biodiversity and human health all around the world.
Infographic: Mercury life-stages
Check out the interactive infographic version to learn more about how mercury flows from supply and trade to use, emissions and releases to sto
About the Minamata Convention
The Minamata Convention on Mercury is the most recent global agreement on environment and health, adopted in 2013. It is named after the bay in Japan where, in the mid-20th century, mercury-tainted industrial wastewater poisoned thousands of people, leading to severe health damage that became known as the "Minamata disease."
Since it entered into force on 16 August 2017, Parties have been working together to control the mercury supply and trade, reduce the use, emission and release of mercury, raise public awareness, and build the necessary institutional capacity to #MakeMercuryHistory