Quezon City. Civil society groups have reiterated their support for actions that will prevent mercury contamination of the ecosystems and the resulting human exposures to this potent neurotoxin.
At a seminar held today to commemorate the 60th anniversary since the official identification in 1956 of the Minamata disease, a neurological problem linked to the consumption of seafood contaminated with methylmercury, the EcoWaste Coalition and other public interest groups rallied all sectors to back measures aimed at curbing mercury emissions, releases and exposures.
(Yaoundé, Cameroun) Aujourd'hui, plus de 40 organisations de la Société Civile (OSC), y compris le Centre de Recherche et d’Education pour le Développement (CREPD) du Cameroun, célèbrent la 3ème Edition de la "Journée Africaine pour une Dentisterie Sans Mercure".
La célébration de cette année est très particulière et nous demandons aux gouvernements des pays africains d'interdire l'utilisation de l'amalgame dentaire dans les dents de lait.
Press Release, Quezon City. Civil society groups exhorted Asian governments to ratify the Minamata Convention on Mercury as environmental and health officials from several countries converge in Pasay City for a three-day regional forum.
In a joint statement, the EcoWaste Coalition, the Collaboration Center for Minamata Disease Victims and IPEN (a global NGO network for a toxics-free future) called upon the participants of the “Regional Forum on Environment and Health in A Southeast and East Asian Countries” to endorse the rapid ratification of the mercury treaty and promote the early implementation of activities, with full participation of public interest groups, to prevent and reduce mercury pollution.
