Abstract
Abstract The advent of the October 2013 Minimata Convention serves as an opportune moment to consider the long and complex historical relationship between humans and mercury. The Minamata Convention constitutes a binding agreement designed to reduce risks associated with mercury pollution and eliminate mercury's global trade. Nevertheless, mercury's environmental hazards persist, thanks to the element's biogeochemical cycle, which moves mercury through the environment. This paper offers a biographical sketch of mercury's place in human history, while stressing the historical importance of the motility of chemical hazards, noting that anthropogenic forces have irreversibly transformed mercury's 'natural' processes.
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