Minamata Convention

KUMAMOTO, Japan - United Nations Environment Program Executive Director Achim Steiner (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands during a press conference after an international conference to adopt the landmark "Minamata Convention on Mercury" in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 10, 2013. Delegates from across the world adopted the treaty 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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