The Minamaata Convention on Para is an international treaty to protect human health and environment from adverse effects of mercury. Convention provides a global structure to address, emission and release of mercury and mercury compounds. The following report underlines the main requirements of the convention based on the contracts given.
The conference was adopted by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in Kumamoto, Japan in October 2013 and came into force on 16 August 2017. To date, it has been approved by 141 countries.
Ban on Mercury under Minamata Convention
1.Mercury product (attachment a)
Some mercury-rich products are required to be closed in a phased manner by the dates specified in the convention. Some products are exempted, such as the products used for civil protection, military, research, calibration, traditional or religious practices, and thyomersal vaccines as preservatives. The dates of the phase-out of various products are included:
- Batteries (except specific button batteries) - 2020
- Switch and relay (with some exceptions) - 2020
- Compact and linear fluorescent lamps (with specific mercury material range) - 2020
- High pressure mercury vapor lamp - 2020
- Cold Cathode Florosent Lamps for Electronic Display and external electrode fluorescent lamps (with specific mercury content limit) - 2020
- Cosmetics with mercury content above 1 ppm (except for some cosmetics of the eye area) - 2020
- Pesticides, Biocratic and Topical Antiseptics - 2020
- Some non -electronic measurement equipment - 2020
2.Dental mixture (attachment A, Part II)
Convention orders to reduce the use of dental mixtures in a phased manner through various measures, such as mercury -free options, research and development, promoting education and training, discouraging insurance policies that favor dental mixture and promote the best environmental practices in dental facilities.
3.Manufacturing procedures using mercury or mercury compounds (attachment b)
By using mercury or mercury compounds until the dates specified in the convention, some manufacturing processes need to be eliminated in a phased manner:
- Chlor -Khar Production - 2025
- Acetaldehyde production using mercury as a catalyst - 2018
For other procedures, convention specifies the provisions of mercury use, emission and release or abolition of a phased manner. These processes include vinyl chloride monomer production, sodium or potassium mythylet or ethylte production, and polyurethane production using mercury catalysts.
4.Artisan and small scale gold mining (attachment C)
Parties under Article 7, Article 3 should develop a national action plan to address the use of mercury in artisans and small scale gold mining. These schemes should include national objectives, deduction targets, action to eliminate specific harmful practices, measures to form the field formal, baseline estimates of mercury use, strategies to reduce and risk and other requirements including public health strategies.
5.Emission point source (attachment D) in the atmosphere
The convention lists several point sources of mercury emissions in the atmosphere, which requires measures for control and shortage:
- coal-fired power plants
- Coal -powered industrial boilers
- Melting procedures and frying processes
- Waste consumption facilities
- Cement clinker production facilities
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