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Minamata Convention COP-6 agrees to end the use of dental amalgam by 2034

The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-6), held in Geneva from November 3 to 7,...

Minamata Convention COP6: Mercury and artisanal gold mining in northwest Nigeria

Ngaski Local Government Area in northwestern Kebbi State with its headquarters at Wara and lying on the shores of Kainji Lake near the Niger...

Proposal to phase out dental amalgam on agenda as Minamata Convention COP-6 seeks to strengthen global action on mercury pollution

More than 1,000 participants from governments, intergovernmental organisations, UN bodies, civil society, Indigenous Peoples, and youth are gathered for the sixth meeting of the...

Minamata Convention marks eight years of global progress to make mercury history

As the Minamata Convention on Mercury marks eight years since it entered into force, over 150 Parties and many stakeholders continue working to reduce...

Philippines: Banned mercury-laden skin whitening creams still sold in Pasay City

Toxics Watchdog, BAN Toxics, has issued a public health warning over the continued sale of banned skin-lightening products (SLPs) containing toxic mercury in beauty...

Minamata Convention concerns as largest flow of illegal mercury to the Amazon exposed

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA US)’s new report, "Traffickers Leave No Stone Unturned", exposes the large-scale trafficking of mercury from mercury mines in Mexico - located...

Minamata Convention: Study proposes ‘leapfrogging’ implementation of children’s amendment

A recently published article has proposed a unique strategy on oral health policy as a cost-effective strategy for African countries to achieve mercury-free dentistry. Tagged...

BRS COPs updates technical guidelines on mercury waste, adopts framework for cooperation between Minamata, BRS secretariats

The 2025 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs), held in Geneva from April 28 to May...

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Firm targets electric vehicles investment as next phase of energy transition

Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Alfa Designs Nigeria Ltd., Mr. Quadri Fatai, says the company plans to invest...
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Tailors encouraged to recycle textile waste to wealth in Adamawa

Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Coordinator under the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) project, Mr. Williams Wakili, has encouraged...

Niger Delta varsity building department inducts pioneer set into NIOB

The Department of Building, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Niger Delta University (NDU), in Bayelsa State, on Friday, January 16,...

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Firm targets electric vehicles investment as next phase of energy transition

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Tailors encouraged to recycle textile waste to wealth in Adamawa

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