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Canada Advancing Global Efforts on Mercury Management
This briefing notes Canada's ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury and highlights research from the IISD-Experimental Lake Area regarding the impact of reducing mercury pollution on fish.
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This briefing note by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) discusses Canada's ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury and the current state of mercury management in Canada, with a specific focus on Ontario. It outlines scientific assessments of mercury as a neurotoxin, the role of the IISD-Experimental Lake Area (IISD-ELA) in mercury research, and the international and domestic regulatory frameworks governing mercury emissions, releases, and waste management.
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