Management of Mercury and Mercury containing Wastes in Pakistan

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dc.conference.date30/07/2009en
dc.conference.titleInception Workshop for the Project "Management of Mercury and Mercury-Containing Waste" - Pakistan
dc.contributor.authorEnviron Monitor
dc.contributor.authorGlobal Mercury Partnership
dc.contributor.organizationIndustry and Economy Division
dc.contributor.otherHussain, Mumtaz
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-14T05:37:58Z
dc.date.available2016-12-14T05:37:58Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionThis document outlines the behavior of mercury across environmental media, identifies major anthropogenic sources, and frames implications for waste management. It explains mercury’s persistence, mobility, and bioaccumulation; its retention in organs; gaseous and particulate forms in air; and conversion to methylmercury in water. It catalogs source categories: fossil-fuel extraction and combustion; primary metal production; cement, pulp and paper, and lime manufacturing; mercury-based industrial catalysts; and consumer and professional products, including lamps, switches, thermometers, batteries, biocides, paints, pharmaceuticals, dental amalgams, gauges, laboratory uses, and ritual applications. It situates these issues within Pakistan’s context and foreshadows practical management approaches and recommendations.en
dc.description.urihttps://www.unep.org/chemicalsandwaste/Portals/9/Mercury/Waste%20management/docs/Annex-XIV.pdf
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/13020
dc.languageEnglish
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectmercury
dc.subjectwaste management
dc.titleManagement of Mercury and Mercury containing Wastes in Pakistanen
dc.typeMeeting resource

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