Brazil | Mercury Free Seminars in Salvador, Recife and Brasilia

Brazil — HCWH and partner organization Projecto Hospitais Saudaveis organized a series of Mercury Free Health Care seminars in the cities of Salvador, Recife. A third seminar also co-sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization PAHO / WHO, took place in Brasilia and focused in raising awareness about the dangers associated with exposure to mercury and methylmercury in the health care sector.

These seminars are part of a joint effort by several public and private institutions to raise awareness and prepare the health sector to meet the challenge of global phase-out of mercury.

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