Developing and managing Pollution Probe’s Mercury Pro- gramme has been one of the most challenging, interesting and rewarding activities of my career. Challenging, when one realizes how difficult it is to change institutions and policies, even though the solutions appear so obvious. Interesting, in the extraordinary story that mercury has played, and contin- ues to play in commerce, ecosystems and human health. Rewarding, when one looks at how far we have managed to come over the past eight years in raising awareness, contri- buting to new standards, and identifying and delivering solu- tions with real mercury reductions in Canada. In addition to the formal acknowledgements that follow, I am taking this opportunity.
