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Chemistry World September 29, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	EU Bans Mercury Exports The European Union has banned exports of mercury from 2011, in order to cut emissions of the toxic metal into the environment.
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Chemistry World June 25, 2007 Arthur Rogers	Golden Opportunity to Halt Quicksilver Trade The European Parliament is supporting plans to ban exports of mercury. Politicians hope such a ban would curb hazards in the developing world created by the use of mercury in activities such as wildcat gold mining.
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Chemistry World August 25, 2015 Emma Stoye	Simple chemistry saving thousands of gold miners from mercury poisoning Every year, thanks to mining practices that have persisted for centuries, huge amounts of mercury pollute the atmosphere and poison hundreds of thousands of people in some of the world's poorest countries.
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Chemistry World October 5, 2010 Phillip Broadwith	Graphene scoops the physics Nobel This year's Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov for the discovery of graphene - single-atom-thick layers of carbon.
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Chemistry World January 7, 2014 Emma Stoye	Warning over graphene investment scams The UK Financial Conduct Authority has warned investors to beware of scams involving graphene, as evidence of a graphene investment company was found on a computer belonging to a suspected 'boiler room' company.
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