Pollution Probe would like to acknowledge and
thank the
Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Government
of Ontario, for its generous support of Pollution Probe’s
Mercury project.
To learn more about how to choose
fish for your diet, mercury-free alternatives for your
household, proper disposal
choices, and how to handle mercury-containing products when they
break consult:
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Mercury
Programme
Mercury
Programme Goal: To protect human and ecosystem health
by reducing and/or eliminating the use and release of mercury
from human sources to the environment.
The release of mercury into the environment is harmful to
both human and ecosystem health. Mercury bioaccumulates in aquatic
food chains, to the point that consumption of fish can be hazardous
to birds, mammals and humans. The comprehensive phase-out of
mercury use and its release is important because mercury persists
in the environment for a long time.
Since 1996 Pollution Probe has been a national leader in
actions and policies aimed at fighting mercury pollution in
Canada and North America. Pollution Probe has developed a comprehensive,
multi-faceted approach to achieving this goal, through advocating
the elimination and reduction of mercury use and release, and
setting the stage for corporate mercury reductions. Based on
our experience working with industry and government to achieve
significant changes in mercury use in Ontario, we have developed
a high level of leadership and credibility internationally.
In March 2009, Pollution Probe congratulated the Government of
Canada for supporting an international instrument to reduce
global mercury pollution. We further encourage the government to
support aggressive timelines and targets internationally, as
well as ban non-essential uses of mercury in products and
processes and manage releases from legacy sources domestically.
Pollution Probe’s mercury work is divided into two main
activities:
increasing public awareness of Mercury-containing products and
their impacts, and our Mercury Policy work.
Links
Five Easy Things You Can Do
to Prevent Mercury Pollution
Pollution
Probe's Mercury Publications
Mercury Links Page
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