International Convention for the prevention and control of mercury pollution released LED lighting good

Under the framework of the United Nations, more than and 140 countries after 4 years of negotiations, finally reached the so-called "Minamata Convention" the prevention and control of mercury, Mercury will monitor and limit the production and trade in the global scope, to reduce the impact of mercury pollution damage to the environment and to human health. The parties agreed to reduce the production and trade of mercury containing products by 2020, including mercury batteries, switches, and energy-saving lamps......

In January 19th, the United Nations Environment Programme officially announced that more than 140 countries have reached agreement on the International Convention on the control of mercury pollution, the world's first International Convention on the control of mercury emissions. To monitor and restrict the production and trade of mercury containing products worldwide to reduce the environmental impact of mercury pollution and its impact on human health. The Convention provides for the production and import and export of mercury containing products such as batteries, and other types of button batteries used in implantable medical devices, which are prohibited by 2020. Before 2020, some non electronic medical devices, such as thermometers and blood pressure monitors, should be phased out.

Under the framework of the United Nations, more than and 140 countries after 4 years of negotiations, finally reached the so-called "Minamata Convention" the prevention and control of mercury, Mercury will monitor and limit the production and trade in the global scope, to reduce the impact of mercury pollution damage to the environment and to human health. The parties agree that before 2020, gradually reduce the mercury production and trade, including mercury containing batteries, switches, energy-saving lamps and cosmetics, the use of mercury thermometers and blood pressure should also be replaced before 2020.

Mercury, commonly known as mercury, is a toxic substance. At present, two thousand tons of non degradable metal mercury is discharged into nature every year. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has pointed out that from 2005 to 2010, the amount of mercury emitted by illegal small workshops and small gold mines doubled, reaching 727 tons, becoming the first source of mercury pollution.

Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Environment Programme Director Steiner said, at present, nearly half of the global mercury pollution from Asia, so there should be many developing countries in controlling and reducing mercury emissions in the work to contribute their strength. The parties will sign this Convention from October this year, the 50 countries signed into force.

In the light of the gradual substitution of energy-saving lamps become the trend of the occasion, energy saving lamp mercury pollution caused by the parties concerned. Industry veteran said, the tube diameter of T5, T8 and other straight tube fluorescent lamps and ring fluorescent lamps because of the use of manual mercury injection process, more prone to excessive mercury content. The Ministry of environmental protection experts said that the Ministry is planning to develop products and related industries to strengthen the Tim mercury mercury pollution prevention policy, intends to ban the approved use of liquid mercury and manual injection of mercury fluorescent lamp production construction, renovation and expansion projects.

The production of energy-saving lamps containing mercury, as well as the previous national development and Reform Commission issued ordinary lighting incandescent out of the LED lighting for the development of favorable conditions. Insiders pointed out that the total amount of mercury used in fluorescent lamps should be gradually reduced, seeking alternative LED lamp as the light source, "in the past, LED light display index is not very good, plus the price is generally higher than that of the fluorescent lamp, the fluorescent lamp can only win with respect to market advantage through technology research, LED technology and the price is to be perfected.