Japan couple urges fight against mercury at Minamata treaty meeting

A Japanese couple affected by the mercury-caused Minamata Disease has called on more countries to get involved in the global fight against water pollution due to the substance under a 2013 international convention.Hideki and Suemi Sato said they hoped people in the world will know more about the danger of mercury in a speech they delivered jointly at a meeting of participants in the Minamata Convention on Mercury in Geneva on Monday."Once we are exposed to mercury, we cannot escape this disease for the rest of our lives. We must live with pain and suffering," Suemi, 67, told the fifth meeti…READ FULL ARTICLE