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March 10, 2022
REPEAT OFFENDERS: Ebay, Amazon and Flipkart among websites selling high mercury skin lighteners, according to the Zero Mercury Working Group 271 online products tested from 17 countries: nearly half contained too much mercury Some products had thousands of times more mercury than legal limit International coalition of NGOs* urge governments […]
November 12, 2021
The Zero Mercury Working Group participated at the Minamata Convention COP4.1 Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic situation, it was agreed that the fourth Conference of the Parties (COP-4) would take place in two segments: a first segment (COP4.1) to be conducted online within the period of 1 to 5 November […]
September 1, 2021
The European Environmental Bureau, in collaboration with the Zero Mercury Working Group (EEB/ZMWG), is interested in contracting with a qualified expert to assist the work in the Caribbean towards phasing out certain mercury added products as outlined in Article 4 of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. To that end, EEB/ZMWG […]
August 16, 2021
The EEB Zero Mercury campaign is making a list of skin-lightening creams containing or potentially containing toxic mercury publicly available on an online platform. The platform will provide user-friendly access to information, with simple, effective search filters and data visualisations. The platform will combine existing data collected by EEB / […]
July 6, 2021
Call to action: Tell the EU to eliminate mercury in light bulbs Eliminating all fluorescent bulbs from European markets would significantly reduce toxic mercury pollution, lower carbon emissions and save people and businesses billions of euros in energy consumption. That is why we urge you to tell the European Commission […]
