Tag:Mercury exposure

Group spotlights mercury-free alternatives in new study

In line with the celebration of National Poison Prevention Week, environmental watchdog group BAN Toxics has launched alternatives study titled “Mercury-Free Alternatives in the...

Minamata: A town, a disease, a convention, a new dawn beckons

One spring day just over 60 years ago in southern Japan, a young girl was brought to hospital by her anxious parents. She could...

Mercury: CSOs demand end to Africa’s use of dental amalgam

Over 30 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), including the Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADev) Nigeria, have signed a declaration calling for Africa...

‘Poorly ventilated dental clinics pose mercury health risk’

Dental clinics and medical schools still making use of amalgam, as well as incinerators/medical waste treatment facilities, have been identified as extremely high risk...

Towards a treaty to curb mercury exposure

The Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG) is seeking the support of the Federal Government of Nigeria towards the adoption of an international agreement on...

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Study ranks Hawaiian monk seal most at risk of extinction from plastic pollution

 A new study released in Conservation Biology on Wednesdy, April 15, 2026, and co-authored by scientists at Ocean Conservancy, Arizona State University...
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Makoko community rejects relocation from ancestral home, seeks inclusion in UN project

About three months since the eviction of an estimated 30,000 from the Makoko waterfront, the community says it stands...

Flood expected in 33 states, Abuja, says Minister

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, says no fewer than 33 states and the Federal...

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Study ranks Hawaiian monk seal most at risk of extinction from plastic pollution

 A new study released in Conservation Biology on Wednesdy, April 15, 2026,...

Makoko community rejects relocation from ancestral home, seeks inclusion in UN project

About three months since the eviction of an estimated...