The decision represents an important milestone in protecting human health and the environment from the harmful impacts of mercury. The United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury...
The revised Mercury Regulation has entered into force. It will put an end to the last remaining deliberate uses of this highly toxic substance in the...
The Commission has adopted a package of rules ending a broad range of existing exemptions for the use of mercury in lamps. Under EU rules restricting...
This week's entry into force of the Minamata Convention establishes the first new multilateral environmental agreement in over a decade. The Zero Mercury Working Group* has...
The European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) today approved a report by GUE/NGL MEP Stefan Eck on the ratification of the...
Freddie Mercury, one-time singer of the rock band Queen and arguably the best frontman to grace this planet, would have been 70 today (5 September), writes...
The European Commission has launched an online consultation on issues related to the ratification and implementation by the EU of the Minamata Convention on mercury. The...