The<unk>  is an international treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of<unk>  and<unk>  compounds. The<unk>  was a result of three years of meeting and negotiating, after which the text of the<unk>  was approved by delegates representing close to 140 countries on 19 January 2013 in Geneva and adopted and signed later that year on 10 October 2013 at a diplomatic conference held in Kumamoto, Japan. The<unk>  is named after the Japanese city<unk> . This naming is of symbolic importance as the city went through a devastating incident of<unk>  poisoning. It is expected that over the next few decades, this international agreement will enhance the reduction of<unk>  pollution from the targeted activities responsible for the major release of<unk>  to the immediate environment. The objective of the<unk><unk>  is to protect the human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of<unk>  and<unk>  compounds. It contains, in support of this objective, provisions that relate to the entire life cycle of<unk> , including controls and reductions across a range of products, processes and industries where<unk>  is used, released or emitted. The treaty also addresses the direct mining of<unk> , its export and import, its safe storage and its disposal once as waste. Pinpointing populations at risk, boosting medical care and better training of health-care professionals in identifying and treating<unk> -related effects will also result from implementing the<unk> . The<unk><unk>  provides controls over a myriad of products containing<unk> , the manufacture, import and export of which will be altogether prohibited by 2020, except where countries have requested an exemption for an initial 5-year period. These products include certain types of batteries, compact fluorescent lamps, relays, soaps and cosmetics, thermometers, and blood pressure devices. Dental fillings which use<unk>  amalgam are also regulated under the<unk> , and their use must be phased down through a number of measures.
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