3 Questions: Noelle Selin on curbing mercury
Monday, June 7, 2010 - 06:00
in Health & Medicine
The first United Nations negotiating session for a global, legally binding mercury treaty begins today in Stockholm. Continuing through Friday, this is the first of five planned negotiating sessions that will address global controls on mercury, a toxin that causes neurological damage and impairs brain development in infants and children around the world.