Mercury is blacklisted in the Paris Convention. Substantial reductions of industrial emissions of mercury have been obtained in Norway during the last decade. Dioxins Dioxin emissions to air and water in Norway. Grams per year. SFT, Norwegian Pollution Control Authority Dioxins are organic compounds formed by the combustion of some organic materials and by certain industrial processes.
Dioxins are extremely toxic, and can harm living organisms at the level of parts per billion.
Accumulated dioxins in organisms degrade slowly. Average half-time in human tissue is five years. The dominant path for human exposure is through the food. Dioxins is black listed in the Oslo- and Paris Conventions. All known industrial sources of dioxins in Norway have been subject to strict emission control, resulting in significant reductions during the last decade.