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Mercury Assessment for the Philippines Using UNEP Inventory Toolkit
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Analysis of Formalization Approaches in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold...
In Peru, Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) is an ancestral activity that experienced a great surge beginning in the 1980s because of the political and social... -
Options Analysis and Feasibility Study for the Long Term Storage of Mercury...
Mercury is a highly toxic metal. Being an element, mercury cannot be broken down or degraded into harmless substances. Mercury may change between different states and species in... -
Global Review of Mercury Monitoring Networks
This review compiles and synthesizes available information on existing mercury monitoring networks, including (i) air monitoring, (ii) human biomonitoring, and (iii) biota... -
Summary of Supply, Trade and Demand Information on Mercury
Despite an apparent quantity of publicly available data, much of the world mercury market is private, and some of it is illegal. This adds an additional element of uncertainty... -
List of Alternatives to Mercury-Added Products
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Economics of Conversion to Mercury-Free Products (US and EU experiences)
This report provides information from case studies of two firms involved with transitioning from mercury-containing to mercury-free products in the medical technology industry.... -
Final Report of the Implementation of the Project Intitled « Replacing...
Malagasy population is exposed to health and environmental risks associated with the use of mercury-containing products such as dental amalgams, battery and lamp, thermometers... -
Squeezing Gold from a Stone: How to Reduce Toxic Health Risks and Pollution...
Low-cost technologies available now have the potential to reduce dramatically mercury pollution in the small-scale and artisanal mining sector. By supporting miners with... -
Manual for the Geochemical Analyses of Marine Sediments and Suspended...
The reference methods described in this manual are intended for use in marine monitoring programmes. It has been written to provide detailed instructions on the analytical... -
Chapter 3 E-Annex: Methodology for Estimating Mercury Emissions to Air and...
The Technical Background Report to the Global Mercury Assessment 2018 was produced by an international team of experts convened through a collaboration between UN Environment... -
Biogeochemical Cycles of Specific Pollutants (Activity K)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) convened an Intergovernmental Meeting on the Protection of the Mediterranean (Barcelona, 28 January - 4 February 1975), which was... -
Storing and Disposing Excess Mercury in Central America: Advancing National...
In order to provide a better understanding of mercury storage and disposal issues at country level and to promote the environmentally sound management of excess mercury,... -
[Online Appendices to the Global Mercury Supply, Trade, and Demand Report]
The online appendices include: Exports to and imports from Mexico, as reported by Mexico; Exports from and imports to Indonesia; Discrepancies between Hg IMPORTS of a target... -
Technical and Economic Criteria for Processing Mercury-Containing Tailings -...
This report compiles relevant information pertaining to the accumulation of heavy metals and potential remediation of inactive mining-related dumps in and near Andacollo,... -
Study Report on Mercury from Non-ferrous Metals Mining and Smelting - Draft...
Recognizing the non-ferrous metals sector was estimated to be a major source of mercury emissions and releases, the Partnership Advisory Group (PAG) decided at its tenth meeting... -
Mercury - Environmental Health Criteria 1
As stated on page 5, the purpose of the criteria documents is to compile, review, and evaluate available information on the biological effects of pollutants and other... -
National Level ASGM Sector Scoping Report: Assessment of the Artisanal and...
The two primary purposes of the national level scoping of the ASGM sector are to (1) provide the information necessary to develop effective mercury reduction strategies through... -
Final Report - National Action Plan On Mercury And Mercury-Containing Wastes...
This Action Plan identifies the existing legislative framework on mercury waste management and analyzes the regulatory improvements needed. It further identifies risk reduction... -
Reducing Mercury Emissions from Coal Combustion in the Energy Sector in...
Options for mercury (Hg) emission reductions are gaining an ever increasing level of attention since it has been universally accepted that these emissions are detrimental to...