摘要
本宣言总结了4个专家组在他们的综述性论文以及于2006年8月6～11日在美国威斯康星州麦迪逊召开的汞全球污染物的第八届国际大会的全体会议上提出的科学和技术结论。本次大会的1150名与会者构成了一个汞环境污染方面的多样的、多国的科学和技术专家团体。这个宣言传达了专家组对于与主要政策相关的问题包括汞的大气来源、甲基汞暴露及其对人类和野生动物的影响、汞污染的社会经济学后果、以及汞污染鱼类的恢复方面的主要发现和一致结论。
This declaration summarizes the scientific and technical conclusions presented by four expert panels in their critical synthesis manuscripts and in plenary sessions at the Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant,convened in Madison, Wisconsin,USA,on 6-11 August 2006.The 1150 registered participants in this conference constituted a diverse,multinational body of scientific and technical expertise on environmental mercury pollution.This declaration conveys the panels' principal findings and their consensus conclusions on key policy-relevant questions concerning atmospheric sources of mercury,methylmercury exposure and its effects on humans and wildlife, socioeconomic consequences of mercury pollution,and recovery of mercury-contaminated fisheries.
