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I
Incidents 13
Industrial 5, 8, 12, 18, 27, 31-36
Inuit 23
M
Methylmercury 13-14, 20, 23, 28
Mercury ban export act 10, 32-33
Mercury deposits 12, 15
Mercury exports 32
Mercury levels 8-9, 14, 20, 22-23
Mercury products partnership 15, 42
Mercury waste 7, 8,13, 19, 21, 24, 31, 34-36
Minamata 5, 10-11, 13, 23
N
Neurological symptoms and disorders 23, 24
P
Pollution 8-9, 11, 19, 22, 25, 31-32, 36
Price and trade 5, 17-18, 20-21, 27
Primary mercury mining 6, 8, 12, 15, 20, 25, 32, 36
Products containing mercury 5, 7-10, 15, 18-19, 20, 24, 31, 35-37
R
Regulations 32
Risk to humans 8, 10, 15, 20, 22-25
S
Storage 13, 31-36
T
Toxicity 15
U
UNEP 5, 9-10, 14-19, 21, 22, 24, 26-35
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 32
V
Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) production 5-7, 15, 19, 36
W
World Health Organization (WHO) 8, 22-24