October 15, 2025
Amazon’s toxic double standard exposed Outside the U.S., the toxic trade in illegal mercury-added skin lighteners continue unabated Ahead of the Minamata Convention’s pre-COP online event, the Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG) has released a new report documenting the ongoing availability of dangerous and often illegal mercury-added skin lightening products […]
September 17, 2025
In a joint statement published on September 17th, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), together with 63 environmental and consumer protection NGOs, industry, retail and wholesale organisations call on EU policymakers to urgently address persistent regulatory loopholes in relation to e-commerce via online marketplaces. A key issue, identified by Market Surveillance […]
August 7, 2025
The Uganda National Association of Community and Occupational Health (UNACOH), with support from the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and the Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG), is training miners in mercury-free gold extraction using gravity concentration technology. This initiative is part of the ACM MEA 3 programme, which aims to promote […]
August 1, 2025
In 2025, the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Multilateral Environmental Agreements Phase 3 (ACP MEAs III) Programme presented in a case study a few key insights from the contribution of EEB/ZMWG to the project “Phasing Out Mercury-Added Products” of the ACP MEAs III, which concluded recently. The case study focuses on […]
March 28, 2025
At its fifth meeting, which took place from 30 October to 3 November 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury adopted decision MC-5/3 requesting the Secretariat to: (a) initiate a study of the global supply, production, trade and use of mercury compounds; […]
