Progress on understanding atmospheric mercury hampered by uncertain measurements
journal contribution
posted on 2024-11-15, 01:07 authored by Daniel A Jaffe, Seth Lyman, Helen Amos, M Gustin, Jiaoyan Huang, Noelle E Selin, Leonard Levin, Arnout Ter Schure, Robert P Mason, R Talbot, Andrew Rutter, Brandon Finley, Lyatt Jaegle, Viral Shah, Crystal Mcclure, Jesse Ambrose, Lynne Gratz, Steven Lindberg, Peter Weiss-Penzias, Guey-Rong Sheu, Dara Feddersen, Milena Horvat, Ashu Dastoor, Anthony J Hynes, Huiting Mao, Jeroen E Sonke, Franz Slemr, Jenny FisherJenny Fisher, Ralf Ebinghaus, Yanxu Zhang, Grant EdwardsMercury (Hg) is a potent neurotoxin and globally reducing environmental levels is seen as paramount for protecting human and wildlife health. In 2013, many countries finalized the negotiations on, and have now signed, the Minamata Convention on Mercury, which commits participating countries to reduce emissions and use of mercury. Successful implementation of the treaty will require adequate verification through globalmonitoring.