NIMD Forum 2008
Mercury Recycling and Environmental Monitoring for a Sustainable Society
Reports:
- Date: 27 March 2008
- Venue: Minamata Disease Archives, National Institute for Minamata Disease
(NIMD)
- Theme: Mercury Recycling and Environmental Monitoring for a Sustainable
Society
The international forum so-called “NIMD Forum” is annually organized by
National Institute for Minamata Disease (NIMD) to discuss a number of issues
related to mercury.
In 2008, NIMD Forum 2008 was organized as a satellite event of 78th Annual
Meeting of the Japanese Society for Hygiene (28-31 March 2008, Kumamoto).
62 participants including the participants in the meeting attended the
forum. NIMD would like to thank the resource persons and all participants.
Forum summary
In order to tackle various mercury issues, Japan has been the leading country
in reducing the sources of mercury pollution, such as chlor-alkali factories,
thermometers, and medicines. However, the uses of mercury remain numerous
and varied. Therefore, effective recovery and recycling of mercury used
in production are necessary for the effective utilization of this resource.
This will also ensure that mercury use is limited to the minimum level,
facilitating environmental protection.
NIMD Forum 2008 focused on mercury recycling and environmental monitoring
for a sustainable society in order to consider the environmentally sound
uses of mercury which caused Minamata disease. We discussed about the current
environmental activities in Minamata city, zero mercury emission strategy
in Sweden, international mercury monitoring and quality control, and environmentally
sound management for mercury waste on UNEP project.
Programme details
Study visit: 26 March, Wednesday, 10:00-15:30
| 09:45-11:00 |
Integrated Recycling Center (Eco-town area in Minamata City) |
| 11:30-14:00 |
Kagumeishi Village Museum |
| 14:30-15:30 |
Minamata Disease Museum and Minamata Disease Archives |
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| Dr. Kunihiko Nakamura’s farewell lecture: 26 March, Wednesday, 16:00-17:00 |
| 16:00-17:00 |
Mercury resistant bacteria in Minamata Bay
(Chair: Prof. Yagi, O., Nihon Univ.) |
NIMD Forum 2008
27 March Thursday 9:45-16:50
Global Mercury Pollution and Exposure
Hirokatsu Akagi (ex. NIMD) |
Recycling Activities in Minamata City
Tomofumi Tanoue (Minamata City) |
Treatment techniques of soil which was contaminated by mercury in Japan
Akito Matsuyama (NIMD) |
Zero Mercury Emission Strategy in Sweden
Lars Hylander (Uppsala Univ, Sweden) |
Wet Deposition Flux of Mercury in Japan
Koji Marumoto (NIMD) |
Inventory of Mercury in Japan
Misuzu Asari (Kyoto Univ) |
Progress of Mercury Analysis and the Significance of Monitoring and Quality
Control
Milena Horvat (The Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) |
UNEP Global Mercury Programme and Activities in the Environmentally Sound
Management of Mercury Waste
Desiree Narvaez (UNEP) |
Environmental Monitoring and Risk Management on Mercury
Akihiro Toukai (National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology) |
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