TOO LITTLE TOO LATE? “Methylmercury became commercially important as a crop fungicide around 1914. Worldwide use was accompanied by worker poisonings and several large-scale food poisoning incidents. Mercury became widely used in developing countries as part of the “green revolution,” without any monitoring of dissemination of mercury.” Despite the fact of mercury toxicity was known since the 1800s, no international agreement to control mercury pollution occurred until 2009. ”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022