This course explores the different forms of mercury and its compounds with their respective sources, environmental distribution, toxicological aspects, and prevention measures. In addition, it introduces the Minamata Convention and Resolution 67.11 (2014) of the World Health Assembly (WHA), and its considerations on public health aspects related to mercury.
The course has been developed by the Chemical Safety Program of the Department of Communicable Diseases and Environmental Determinants of Health (CDE), under the Climate Change and Environmental Determinants of Health Unit (CE) and the Virtual Campus of Public Health of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of experts.
The course has been implemented in Spanish since 2017. This is the self-learning version of the course. The course is free.
