In Norway substantial reductions of industrial emissions have been obtained during the last decade. The major emission sources are now devices for corrosive protection on offshore structures and ships. Mercury Mercury emissions to air and water. Tons per year. SFT, State Pollution Control Agency Mercury is a heavy metal, and especially in the form of methyl mercury, it is very toxic to terrestrial and aquatic organisms.
Mercury tends to accumulate in higher food chain levels.
Humans and animals at the top of the food chains can therefore easily be exposed to chronic toxic levels of it. 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. Grams per year.