Guyana has embarked on a process to ease the importation and use of mercury as an endorsement of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on October 10, 2013.
In the light of this the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) seeks to enlighten the general public and users of mercury, particularly miners, on strategies for mercury-free solutions and techniques which can be employed to reduce mercury use and its effects on the human and physical environments.
The focus of this first article is on an
