New mercury treaty to flag threats to human health of toxic whale & dolphin meat
October 2013. As the world's first legally binding international treaty to curb the release of mercury into the environment has been signed, a coalition of NGOs urged countries to take immediate steps to address communities at particular risk of contamination from the consumption of whale and dolphin products.
Mercury contaminated meat
"For far too long, coastal communities around the world have been allowed to consume the mercury-contaminated meat of whales, dolphins and porpoises, many in ignorance of the risks involved," said Clare Perry, Senior Campaigner at the UK-and US-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).
"Now signatories to the new treaty must make communities in places as far afield as Japan and the Faroe Islands properly aware of the very serious risks to human health that come from eating the meat of toothed cetaceans."
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