Email Print Order Reprint Share This Text tool name tool goes here The Associated Press The Associated Press Tags: GENEVA -- More than 130 nations adopted the first legally binding international treaty aimed at reducing mercury emissions, U.N. officials said. The U.N. Environment Program said the treaty was adopted Saturday morning, after all-night negotiations that capped a week of talks. A signing ceremony will be held later this year, and then nations must begin formally ratifying it before it comes into force several years from now. The treaty will for the first time set enforceable limits on emissions of mercury, a highly toxic metal widely used in chemical production and small-scale...
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