Epoch Times
Date: August 17, 2019
Environmental regulations experts from the United States, Europe, and Asia pose for a group photo at the 2019 International Chemical and Mercury Management Conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 7, 2019. (Chen Po-chou/The Epoch Times)
The experts came from the United States, Europe, and Asia.
The event was significant considering that though Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations (UN), it supports its environmental initiatives, such as the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
Adopted in 2013, the Minamata Convention is an international UN treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from the harmful effects of mercury. One of the treaty’s key requirements is banning the export, import, and manufacturing of mercury-added products, including batteries, switches and relays, compact fluorescent lamps for general lighting purposes and electronic displays, high pressure mercury vapor lamps, cosmetics, pesticides, biocides, topical antiseptics, and non-electronic measuring devices, by the end of 2020. [FULL STORY]