No More Silver Linings: What we need from the EU Mercury Regulation Isabel Garland·January 10, 2024As the current EU mandate draws to a close, decision-makers have a small window of time to deliver...ChemicalsMercuryUncategorized·0 Comments·0·130 views
Turning up the heat on hazardous mercury in Africa & Caribbean Andreea Anca·March 29, 2023The EEB and the Zero Mercury Working Group contribute to the global efforts to reduce people’s exposure to...IndustryMercury·0 Comments·1·163 views
EU Proposals for water are not yet crystal clear Maria Luís Fernandes·December 15, 2022After decades of inefficiency, European waters are still not healthy. The revision of EU water laws is an...ChemicalsMercuryNatureWater·0 Comments·0·189 views
Europe is ready to deal mercury a final blow but why the delay? Andreea Anca·November 30, 2022In Europe, the regulatory work on reducing mercury emissions is on the right track. Decision-makers however delay an...ChemicalsMercury·0 Comments·1·245 views
Navigating pollution and environmental crisis at EU Green Week 2022 Andreea Anca·June 22, 2022During EU Green Week, the EEB called out widespread pollution and its link to climate change, agriculture and...AgricultureAirChemicalsIndustryNature·0 Comments·0·288 views
10+ takeaways from the Minamata Convention on Mercury COP4 Aymori Duncan·April 14, 2022Mercury is a dangerous substance and its use in products and processes can be a danger to human...AirMercuryUncategorized·0 Comments·0·256 views
Bleaching out mercury in cosmetics through e-commerce Aymori Duncan·March 21, 2022The Zero Mercury Working Group released a report which tested 271 online products purchased from 17 countries, exposing...Mercury·0 Comments·0·246 views
Mercury emissions from coal combustion driving poor status of EU freshwaters Samuel Gregory-Manning·December 16, 2021A 2027 coal phaseout is needed if EU legal obligations on limits of toxic mercury in freshwater are...CoalIndustryMercuryWater·0 Comments·0·291 views
Policy-makers must stop illegal online trade of Mercury cosmetics Aymori Duncan·November 29, 2021A joint call by the EEB alongside a number of businesses, consumers and civil society organisations demands the...ChemicalsMercury·0 Comments·0·212 views
In Dire Straits: Saving the Oder River for People, Not for Coal Samuel Gregory-Manning·October 11, 2021Updates to the Oder River Basin Management Plan could turn the tide against looming chemical and ecological crisis...CoalEnvironmental JusticeMercuryWater·0 Comments·0·385 views