The federal government is proposing new rules that would ban the manufacture, import, and sale of most mercury-containing products in Canada.
CTV.ca News Staff
The federal government is proposing new rules that would ban the manufacture, import, and sale of most mercury-containing products in Canada.
The new regulations are designed to reduce the amount of mercury entering the environment in Canada.
Some mercury-containing products will still be allowed to be manufactured and imported. These include scientific instruments, dental fillings and fluorescent lamps. But there will be limits on the amount of mercury allowed in different types of fluorescent lamps.
"These proposed regulations would eliminate about 4.5 tonnes of mercury in products currently entering the Canadian marketplace each year," Environment Minister Peter Kent said in a statement released on Monday.
"It is the first time that the Government of Canada is broadly regulating mercury found in manufactured products."
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