Minamata Convention

Minamata Convention

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara signs the landmark "Minamata Convention on Mercury" after chairing an international conference to adopt the treaty in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 10, 2013. Delegates from across the world adopted the pact to regulate the use and trade of mercury, named after a Japanese city where industrial emissions of the toxic substance caused a poisoning disease affecting thousands of people.

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