{"id":22103,"date":"2021-05-28T16:33:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T11:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ensembleias.com\/blog\/?p=22103"},"modified":"2021-06-01T13:29:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T07:59:52","slug":"high-level-of-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ensembleias.com\/blog\/high-level-of-mercury\/","title":{"rendered":"High Level of Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>High Level of Mercury<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To buy our online courses:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/online.ensemble.net.in\/s\/store\">Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to recent research, high concentrations of mercury were found in the water bodies fed by the Greenland Ice Sheet.<\/p>\n<p>Mercury level found- Typical dissolved mercury content in rivers is about 1 &#8211; 10 ng L-1 (the equivalent of a salt grain\u00ad sized amount of mercury in an Olympic swimming pool of water).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the water bodies fed by the Greenland Ice Sheet, scientists found dissolved mercury levels in excess of 150 ng L-1, far higher than an average river<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Minamata Convention<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Minamata Convention on Mercury is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury and its compound<\/li>\n<li>It was agreed at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee in Geneva, Switzerland 2013.It entered into force in 2017<\/li>\n<li>Controlling the anthropogenic releases of mercury throughout its lifecycle is one of the key obligations under the Convention.<\/li>\n<li>It is a UN treaty<\/li>\n<li>The Convention also addresses interim storage of mercury and its disposal once it becomes waste, sites contaminated by mercury as well as health issues.<\/li>\n<li>India has ratified the Convention<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/ensembleias.com\/blog\/lifespan\/\">Lifespan (length of time a person lives) in humans is between 120 and 150 years says new studies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High Level of Mercury To buy our online courses:\u00a0\u00a0Click Here According to recent research, high concentrations of mercury were found in the water bodies fed by the Greenland Ice Sheet. 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