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Mercury-Containing Products Partnership Area - Business Plan
(2018)
The purpose of this business plan is to provide a framework and goals for developing and implementing projects aimed at the eventual elimination of mercury use in products. The business plan is to serve as a resource for ...
Phase-Out of Mercury Fever Thermometers and Blood Pressure Devices in Health Care in Brazil and South Africa - Final Report
(2015)
HCWH with the support of UNEP and in collaboration with two partner NGOs in South Africa and Brazil implemented a series of activities designed to encourage the emergence of national policies for implementing the phase-out ...
Update of the Basel Convention Technical Guidelines for Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Consisting of Elemental Mercury and Wastes Containing or Contaminated with Mercury
(2013)
Outline of Presentation
•Background of development of the Technical Guidelines
•Contents of the Technical Guidelines
•Mandate and schedule for updating the Technical Guidelines
•Items to be updated after the adoption ...
Mid-Term Report of Activities for the Project - Reducing Mercury-Added Products and Promoting Improved Management of Mercury-Added Product Waste in Burkina Faso.
(2016)
The Burkina Faso has received financial support from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the country has pledged to carry out activities contributing to the environmentally sound management of mercury through ...
Assessment of Prenatal Exposure to Mercury: standard Operating Procedures
(2018)
Mercury is toxic for humans, and the toxic effects of different forms of mercury have been extensively studied. Human biomonitoring is recognized as the most effective tool for evaluation of cumulative human exposure to ...
Expert Consultations on “Mercury from oil and gas” under the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership - Kick-off Meeting (23 April 2020): Summary of Main Discussion Points
(2020)
At its tenth meeting (Geneva, 23 November 2019), the Advisory Group of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership (PAG) requested the Secretariat of the Partnership to convene targeted discussions with interested partners and ...
Minamata Convention on Mercury - Text and Annexes
(2019)
The objective of the Convention is to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds and it sets out a range of measures to meet that objective. These ...
Guía Para el Manejo y Almacenamiento de Mercurio
(2019-06)
El propósito de este documento es servir como una guía para el almacenamiento y el buen manejo del mercurio en posesión de las fuerzas militares colombianas en los casos de incautación en zonas mineras o entregas voluntarias.