Mercury Monitoring
Global Mercury Hotspots
New evidence reveals mercury contamination regularly exceeds health advisory levels in humans and fish worldwide.
Report - English
Report Summary - Spanish
Press Release - English | Spanish
This Report is the first of its kind to identify, in one IPEN and BRI collaborative effort, global biological mercury hotspots. These hotspots are of particular concern to human populations and the ecosystems on which they depend.
Country Hotspot Reports
Albania
Press Release: Albanian | English
Cameroon
Report: English
Cook Islands/Japan
Report: English
Czech Republic
Indonesia
Report: English | Indonesian
Mexico
January Hair Report: Spanish | English
January Hair Press Release: Spanish
April Fish Report: Spanish | English
April Fish Press Release: Spanish
Russia
Press Release: Russian
Tanzania
Report: English
Thailand
Report: Thai | English | English (no photos)
Hotspots
Mercury-Free Initiatives
Global Mercury-Free Campaign
Join our campaign to address mercury's alarming threats to human and environmental health.
Press Releases
19 January, 2013 - Mercury Treaty Not Likely to Reduce Global Releases: Proposed name dishonours victims of the Minamata tragedy (Spanish)
17 January, 2013 - Concerns Growing that Mercury Treaty Will Not Reduce Global Emissions
Note to Mercury Treaty Delegates
English | Arabic | Chinese | French | Japanese | Russian | Spanish
Learn more: Mercury INC5 | IPEN Mercury Booklet
Letters fron IPEN Participating Organizations
View letters submitted by IPEN Participating Organizations in the following countries::
Argentina | Bangladesh | Belarus | Brazil | Canada -1, 2 | Central African Republic | Czech Republic | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Cameroon | Côte d'Ivoire | Chad | Chile | China | Colombia | Gabon | India - 1, 2, 3 | Jamaica | Japan | Lebanon | Madagascar | Mexico | Moldova | Nepal | New Zealand | Niger | Philippines | Romania | Russia | South Africa | Spain | Sri Lanka | Tunisia | Uganda | Uruguay | USA | Venezuela | EU
IPEN-SSNC Hair Monitoring Report
A survey of mercury content in the hair of delegates at the first UN negotiating meeting for a global treaty on mercury.
Statement by Minamata Victims and Citizens Groups
Read the powerful statement by victims and citizens groups opposing the proposed naming of the mercury treaty.
