While awareness of the hazards of lead in paint has grown, poor funding, local production, continued industrial use and a developed/developing country regulations gap have stymied progress towards its elimination, Ginger Hervey of Chemical Watch reports. Reprinted with permission, 27 October 2020.
Statement on Minamata and the Mercury Treaty from Ryukou Sakamoto, Director, Minamata Disease Citizen’s Group, and Hideki Sato, Director, Minamata Disease Victims’ Mutual Aid Society.
