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Resolution to ban mercury trade hailed

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Hailing the passage of a resolution to ban mercury trade by the European Union Parliament this past week, various non-government organisations here in the Capital have urged the Union Govt. to take a cue from the move and ban its import and phase out its usage in the country.

Commenting on the resolution passed this past Wednesday, Ravi Agarwal of Toxics Link said here on Saturday: “India should take the opportunity to become a world leader in supplying alternative mercury-free technologies including digital thermometers instead of being the global hotspot for mercury. Europe has been the largest exporter of mercury, which figures on the top of the list of deadly contaminants considered serious hazard to health and environment. Therefore this development is nothing short of a watershed and India being the second largest user and importer of the heavy metal after China, needs to phase out use as well.”

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