Brussels, 21/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Union has welcomed the successful UN negotiations, under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which, in Geneva on Saturday 19 January, helped to broker a binding international treaty on the control of the mercury applications most dangerous to human health and the environment. This treaty will be signed in Minamata, Japan, next October. The agreement covers the life cycle of this heavy metal, from the moment it is...