Authorities Secure More than 600 Kilos of Liquid Mercury in Colima
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The environmental authorities of Mexico recently carried out an operation of great importance for national chemical safety at the end of the process of withdrawal and permanent disposition of a massive shipment of mercury in liquid state. This action, coordinated by the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, through its controlling arm, the Federal Office of Environmental Protection, consisted of the proper management of 644 kilograms…
The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), through the Federal Office for the Protection of the Environment (Profepa), carried out the removal, transport and final disposal of a shipment with 644 kilograms of mercury in liquid state, contained in 48 conveyor belt rollers, which were secured cautiously in the Port of Manzanillo, Colima. “This complies with the Minamata Convention on Mercury, combating the international traf…
CDMX.- La Profepa reported that it carried out the removal, transport and final disposition of a shipment with 644 kilograms of mercury in liquid state, contained in 48 conveyor belt rollers, secured cautiously in the Port of Manzanillo.The unit specified that the material was insured since 2022 because it did not have authorization for its export.In the verification process, the Mexican National Customs Agency detected the cargo and requested t…
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