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Protecting human health and the environment: A guide to the Rotterdam Convention on hazardous chemicals and pesticides
… of his or her family or spur people to migrate from agricultural land to the slums of the developing world's … kept by the International Labour Organization show that agricultural workers run at least twice the risk of dying on … Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). By the time of the 1992 …
Scientific Assessment Report - UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution - Summary for policy makers
… There are many cost-effective ammonia measures within the agricultural sector, in particular for the largest 3% of … € 4.6 billion annually. Ozone could also affect future agricultural productivity due to decreased pollination. The … have more than doubled over the past 30 years, while in practice emissions decreased by more than 75%. Technological …
Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations (WHO)
… as a source of lead exposure and can advocate for this practice to be better controlled and regulated. It also aims … van der Kuijp et al., 2013; Daniell et al., 2015). This practice is sometimes carried out in urban areas with high … are engineering and emission controls. However, work practice controls are also needed to protect the health of …