1st confab of signatory states for mercury pollution prevention

Signatory states to an international treaty to protect human health and the environment from mercury pollution hold their first conference in Geneva on Sept. 24, 2017. Shinobu Sakamoto, a Minamata mercury-poisoning disease patient, attended from Japan, stressing the need for mercury regulations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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