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Title: UN gets 140 nations to sign legally-binding mercury emissions treaty
Source:The Economic Times
Date:21 January 2013

More than 140 countries have agreed to sign a new and legally-binding international treaty to reduce harmful mercury emissions. The agreement, hammered out after four years of difficult negotiations, aims to cut mercury pollution from mining, utility plants and many products and industrial processes, by setting enforceable limits and encouraging the use of alternative methods that don't involve using, releasing or emitting mercury.




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