Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005
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Pollution EU move to cut mercury pollution welcomed Our Bureau
New Delhi , July 4 TOXICS Link, a non-government organisation, and other health groups in the country have welcomed the conclusion of the Council of the European Union Environment Ministers on the community strategy of reducing mercury pollution. Environment ministers from the European Union (EU), world's largest producer of mercury, called on June 24 for exports of the toxic substance to be banned by 2011. Europe also wants to phase out the use of the metal in thermometers and improve global efforts to stop the dumping of the dangerous liquid metal. The stated global demand of mercury is about 3,000 tonnes. The EU supplies about one-third of global demand for mercury, approximately 1,000 tonnes a year and India emerges as the single second largest consumer, approximately 250-300 tonnes usually. Trade documents, according to Toxics Link, show that the EU exports more mercury overall, with large amounts bound for developing countries like India. The organisation points out that from April 2001 to December 2004, EU countries have exported nearly 700 tonnes of mercury, of which almost 63 per cent were imports to India.
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