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Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

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Comparison of Hg emissions in 2005 and 2010, by selected sector and region. Global climate change may also complicate the response of global ecosystems to mercury emission reductions, through its profound effects on many aspects of the movement and chemical transformations of mercury in the environment. Source: UNEP.

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