Brussels, 22/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 22 December, in a press release, the European Commission welcomed a voluntary agreement to ensure the safe storage of surplus mercury from the European chlor-alkali industry, once a ban on exports of the highly toxic metal from the European Union takes effect. The legislation stipulates that the mercury that is no longer used be stored in a way preventing its release. Euro Chlor, the European association of the chlor-alkali industry, has...