Index


A Accidents 13 Agriculture 20, 22 Alternative technologies 5, 6-7, 9, 36-37 Arctic and Antarctic 5, 8, 10, 22-23, 25, 28 Artic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) 22-23, 25 Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) 5, 6, 15-19, 21, 24-27, 30-31, 36 Awareness-raising 14,21,24


B Burning of fossil fuels and biomass 5, 7, 20, 26-27, 28, 31


C Cardiovascular effects 23, 24 Cement production 7, 12, 21, 24, 27 Chlor-alkali 5, 6, 16-17, 21, 24, 27, 32-33, 36 Coal combustion 5, 7, 12, 21, 26-27, 28, 31, 32, 35 Controls 7, 9, 15,16, 18, 27, 31, 32-33, 36-37 Contamination 8, 13, 19, 21, 22-23, 25, 31


D Disposal 6, 20, 33, 34-35, 37


E Ecosystems 20 Endangering livelihoods 36 Environmental damage 11, 17 Environmentally sound management 7, 8, 35 Emissions 5, 6-7, 8, 10, 16, 20, 22-23, 26-29, 31, 32-33, 35, 36 Erosion 28 European Union (EU) 10, 16, 25, 32-34 Exposure 8, 20, 23-24, 37


F Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 22 Food chain 8, 13-15, 19, 20, 22-23


G


Global demand and supply 12, 15, 16-17, 19 Global Mercury Partnership 9, 42, 32-33 Global mercury treaty 5-10, 19, 32-33, 37


H


Health 5, 6, 8-9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 20, 23-25, 32 Hotspots 31


40 MERCURY – TIME TO ACT


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