Protocol on Heavy Metals

The Protocol on Heavy Metals, a protocol to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, was adopted in Aarhus, Denmark, in 1998. As of 2004, it had 36 signatories.[1] As of 2016, it had 35 signatories and 33 parties, with no country having become a signatory since 1998.[2] The protocol addresses the reduction of cadmium, lead and mercury emissions in the interests of environmental protection.[3] Amendments to the Protocol were agreed in 2012[4] to introduce more stringent emission limits[5] but are not yet in force.

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