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There is now a move to enact an international convention which would ban mercury usage. The article cited below focused on immunization serums preservation method involving a mercury containing compound.

In sci. lab settings, the use of mercury in a column barometer, to measure atmospheric pressure there at that moment, is a standard occurrence. Fluorescent lighting commonly uses elemental mercury too, in home and commercial installations.

Should all of these end?

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Talk of treaty ban on mercury concerns scientists
By MARIA CHENG – AP Medical Writer | AP – Fri, Oct 21, 2011

LONDON (AP) — Scientists are warning officials negotiating a global treaty on mercury that banning the deadly chemical completely would be dangerous for public health because of the chemical’s use in vaccines.

The ban option is one of several proposals on the table for a meeting later this month in Nairobi, but a final treaty isn’t expected until 2013.
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http://news.yahoo.com/talk-treaty-ban-mercury-concerns-scientists-092425207.html
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