Here’s a report on the current state of the Minamata Convention, which was adopted at the conference held here in Kumamoto last year. You can also find a good video about contemporary use of mercury.
===start quote=== So far, 102 governments have signed, but many others have not, including governments that have a significant role to play in reducing mercury exposure globally. Among those that have not signed are: Russia and India, two important global powers; Kyrgyzstan, which has active mercury mining and exports mercury globally; Algeria, which has mercury deposits and a closed mercury mine; and Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with sizable small-scale gold mining sectors. ===end quote===
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