Mercury Kills Thousands Every Year. The Minamata Convention Is Here To Change That.
In the mid-1950s doctors in the Japanese city of Minamata began to see patients with severe neurological symptoms.
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In the mid-1950s doctors in the Japanese city of Minamata began to see patients with severe neurological symptoms.
Chances are you’ve had an X-ray to check for broken bones, find the source of that niggling back
Nearly 60 years ago doctors in the Japanese city of Minamata started to see patients with unusual and
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Most people are aware that fish can be a significant source of mercury in our diets. What may
We say a lot about the harm that mercury can cause, and why it’s a good thing to
We all know that eating fish is good for us, right? Rich in omega 3s (good for the
Our last couple of posts have looked at items that can be recycled in Australia. Meanwhile overseas, and
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If we want to see what is possible when it comes to fluorescent lamp recycling, the UK provides
We are all pretty well aware of what we can put into our recycling bins – glass and
Lead-acid batteries sit under the bonnet of pretty much every car in the world, but we barely give
Lithium-based batteries began to appear in the scene in the 1970s, so are relative newcomers to the rechargeable
The main types of nickel-based batteries that most people will come across are nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cad) and nickel-metal hydride
We live in an electric world, and most of our electricity is delivered by wires. But if we
The United Nations Environment Program recently released a call to action Mercury – Time to Act. It contains
Many studies have been conducted into the level of personal information that can be recovered from discarded or
It’s great to see that the Sydney Opera House has joined the FluoroCycle program and will recycle its
We talk a lot about how mercury recycling leads to a cleaner environment by reducing the amount of
We admit it. Fluorescent is a horrible word to spell. No wonder people shorten it to fluoro or,
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