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MERCURY – TIME TO ACT
40
Index
A
Accidents 13
Agriculture 20, 22
Alternative technologies 5, 6-7, 9, 36-37
Arctic and Antarctic 5, 8, 10, 22-23, 25, 28
Artic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) 22-23, 25
Artisanal and small-scalegoldmining (ASGM) 5, 6, 15-19, 21, 24-27, 30-31, 36
Awareness-raising 14,21,24
B
Burning of fossil fuels and biomass 5, 7, 20, 26-27, 28, 31
C
Cardiovascular effects 23, 24
Cement production 7, 12, 21, 24, 27
Chlor-alkali 5, 6, 16-17, 21, 24, 27, 32-33, 36
Coal combustion 5, 7, 12, 21, 26-27, 28, 31, 32, 35
Controls 7, 9, 15,16, 18, 27, 31, 32-33, 36-37
Contamination 8, 13, 19, 21, 22-23, 25, 31
D
Disposal 6, 20, 33, 34-35, 37
E
Ecosystems 20
Endangering livelihoods 36
Environmental damage 11, 17
Environmentally sound management 7, 8, 35
Emissions 5, 6-7, 8, 10, 16, 20, 22-23, 26-29, 31, 32-33, 35, 36
Erosion 28
European Union (EU) 10, 16, 25, 32-34
Exposure 8, 20, 23-24, 37
F
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 22
Food chain 8, 13-15, 19, 20, 22-23
G
Global demand and supply 12, 15, 16-17, 19
Global Mercury Partnership 9, 42, 32-33
Global mercury treaty 5-10, 19, 32-33, 37
H
Health 5, 6, 8-9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 20, 23-25, 32
Hotspots 31