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

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_