The mercury from past and present practices has increased environmental levels 2-3 times pre-industrial background. How do we contain by-product mercury and the stocks of mercury currently in storage or use? Should we sell mercury overseas for practices banned or eliminated in our own country? Curtailing mercury’s impacts will require a long-term solution to its movement and use.
Links here provide information on ending the movement of mercury as a commodity or component and the practicality of long-term storage.
Recent posts
Exports:
- Japan Urged to Ban Mercury Exports
- EU Adopts Mercury Export Ban
- Key US House Committee Approves Bill on Mercury Export Ban
- Stakeholder Process on Managing Non-Federal Mercury Stocks
- US and EU Initiatives to Ban Mercury Exports
Storage:
- UNEP’s Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group (OEWG)
- Oxford Workshop: Safe Storage and Disposal of Redundant Mercury
- MPP’s Director is Appointed Interim Chair of New Mercury Storage-Supply Partnership
- Stakeholder Process on Managing Non-Federal Mercury Stocks
- Department of Energy to Continue to Store Mercury Stocks
Links
Current storage DOD/DOE
Proposed storage
- July 24 and 25, 2007 Mercury Stocks Stakeholder Panel Meeting …
- Mercury Management in Modern Precious Metals Mines
