Mercury Policy Project

Mercury Policy Project

The Mercury Policy Project (MPP) is an organization that works to promote policies to eliminate mercury uses, reduce the export and trafficking of mercury, and significantly reduce mercury exposures at the local, national, and international levels.

History

The Project was co-founded in 1998 by Michael Bender, who is part of a three-member board along with Felice Stadler of the National Wildlife Federation and Jane Williams of California Communities Against Toxics. [cite web |url= http://www.mercurypolicy.org/org/staff.shtml |title= Staff |work= Mercury Policy Project |year= 2005 |accessdate= 2008-04-29]

ee also

* Got Mercury?, a United States public awareness campaign about levels of the element mercury in seafood
* Mercury poisoning, a disease caused by exposure to the element mercury or its toxic compounds
* Mercury vacuum, a vacuum cleaner specifically designed to collect spills and vapors of the element mercury
* Mercury-containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act, a 1996 United States law to phase out the use of mercury in batteries
* Minamata disease, industrial mercury pollution
* Niigata Minamata disease, industrial mercury pollution

See also

*Sustainability
*Ecology
*Earth Science
*Natural environment
*Nature

References

External links

* [http://www.mercurypolicy.org Mercury Policy Project]


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