The MINIMATA CONVENTION ON MERCURY 2013 addresses the global threat of:

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C. MERCURY POLLUTION — phasing out mercury use in products and processes; controlling emissions from coal-fired power plants, gold mining, etc.

1. The Minamata Convention on Mercury was adopted on 10 October 2013 and entered into force on 16 August 2017.
2. Named after the MINAMATA disaster of 1950s-60s in Japan, where mercury discharge by a chemical company caused devastating neurological damage in a coastal community.
3. Objective: protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds.
4. Key provisions: (i) phase-out of mercury-added products (batteries, switches, cosmetics, thermometers); (ii) controls on mercury use in artisanal small-scale gold mining; (iii) controls on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants, industrial boilers, smelting; (iv) phase-down of mercury in dental amalgam.
5. India ratified the Minamata Convention on 18 June 2018.
6. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: EPA 1986 / Constitution / International Conventions — Minamata Convention on Mercury 2013_

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only nuclear radiation (cf. Minamata Convention on Mercury 2013) (cf. Minamata Convention on Mercury 2013)

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only ozone-depleting substances (cf. Minamata Convention on Mercury 2013) (cf. Minamata Convention on Mercury 2013)

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only oil spills in the marine environment (cf. Minamata Convention on Mercury 2013) (cf. Minamata Convention on Mercury 2013)