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Assessment report: Excess Mercury Supply in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010-2050
(2009)
The UNEP Governing Council decision GC 24/3 IV identified seven priority areas for action to reduce the risks from releases of mercury, two of which are: • To reduce the global mercury supply, including considering curbing ...
Practical Sourcebook on Mercury Waste Storage and Disposal
(2011)
The overall objective is to enhance the capacity of governments – but also industry and the general public – to store and dispose mercury wastes in an environmentally sound manner. The Sourcebook aims to do so by providing ...
Global Mercury Assessment
(2002)
This report responds to the request of the Governing Council (GC) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), through GC decision 21/5, that UNEP undertake a global assessment of mercury and mercury compounds, in ...
The Global Atmospheric Mercury Assessment: Sources, Emissions and Transport
(2008)
The Global Atmospheric Mercury Assessment: Sources, Emissions and Transport
Global Mercury Modelling: Update of Modelling Results in the Global Mercury Assessment 2013
(2015)
Global Mercury Modelling: Update of Modelling Results in the Global Mercury Assessment 2013
Economics of Conversion to Mercury-Free Products (US and EU experiences)
(2011)
This report provides information from case studies of two firms involved with transitioning from mercury-containing to mercury-free products in the medical technology industry. One firm, American Diagnostic Corporation ...
Desk Study on Waste Management Practices and Trade Flow of Dental Amalgam and its Alternatives in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
(2012)
This desk study was initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Oral Health Program in collaboration with the respective Ministries of Health and the Ministry ...
List of Alternatives to Mercury-Added Products
(2014)
Brochure On Alternatives To Mercury-Added Products
Promoting the Phase Down of Dental Amalgam in Developing Countries
Promoting the Phase Down of Dental Amalgam in Developing Countries
Final Report of the Implementation of the Project Intitled « Replacing Mercury-Added Products and Promoting Improved Management of Mercury-Added Product Waste in Madagascar »
(2015)
Malagasy population is exposed to health and environmental risks associated with the use of mercury-containing products such as dental amalgams, battery and lamp, thermometers and sphygmomanometers because Madagascar is ...