TY  - JOUR
T1  - TAckling mercury pollution
AU  - Stephenson J
Y1  - 2009/03/18
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2009.355
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1118
EP  - 1118
VL  - 301
IS  - 11
N2  - 
The ministers also agreed on an interim plan to reduce pollution containing the neurotoxic chemical while awaiting the treaty because “the risk to human health was so significant that accelerated action . . . is needed whilst the treaty is being finalized,” the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) said in a statement (http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=562&ArticleID=6090&l=en&t=long). The interim plan includes increasing efforts to safely stockpile mercury, reducing supply and use among small-scale miners, and reducing mercury in some products, such as thermometers.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.355
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.355
ER  -