The WHO established an initiative Friday to end the manufacture, import and export of mercury thermometers and blood pressure devices by 2020, foreign media reported.
据外媒报道，世界卫生组织11日发布指导方针，强调应在2020年底前停止制造和进出口含汞的体温计和血压计。
Delegates from some 140 countries and territories on Thursday signed the Minamata Convention on Mercury in Japan's Kumamoto city to prevent serious health impacts caused by mercury. The WHO initiative is the basis of the convention.
来自140个国家和地区的代表10日在日本熊本市签署有关汞的《水俣条约》，该条约旨在防止汞污染带来的严重健康危害。世卫的指导方针正是基于该条约拟定的。
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