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Evaluating the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention on Mercury: Principles and recommendations for next steps

Evaluating the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention on Mercury: Principles and recommendations for next steps

Academic journal paper published in Science of the Total Environment: Evaluating the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention (as required by Article 22) is a crucial component to ensure that it meets this objective. We describe an approach to measure effectiveness, which includes a suite of short-, medium-, and long-term metrics related to five major mercury control Articles in the Convention, as well as metrics derived from monitoring of mercury in the environment using select bioindicators, including people.