GENEVA (AN) — Delegates to the global treaty regulating mercury decided to fully phase out the manufacture and trade of mercury-containing dental amalgam globally by 2034.
The decision came at the biennial summit of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, which ended on Friday. It was one of 21 decisions adopted by the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, or COP-6, to advance implementation and cooperation.
Energy & Environment — Minamata Convention on Mercury 2013 — Global Issues — Switzerland — World Health Organization (WHO) — Chile — Japan — United Kingdom — India — Iran — Global Environment Facility — Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution — Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework — International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Mercury
