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… causes for the condition, possible causes include heavy metals (aluminium and cadmium), pesticides, … include inorganic ‘salts’ (nitrates and sulphates) and heavy metals (mercury and arsenic). Heavy metals such as … such as textile dying and bleaching, paper, paints, metal preparation and finishing, cement, asbestos, leather …

… 20 had died. Investigations showed that the cause was the heavy metal mercury, which permeated the sediments of the bay from … the nervous systems of people who lived in the area. The heavy metal was also passed on from mothers to children – …

… mass poverty. Severe water scarcity has been worsened by heavy water demand in recent years from urbanization and … from a range of agricultural and industrial sources. Heavy navigation by oil tankers has also been causing … existing fish stocks have been buried or smothered by heavy construction activities and the remaining species …

… and other chemicals. In addition, certain kinds of metal recycling and pulp and paper bleaching can release … peoples in the Arctic, whose traditional diets are heavy in fatty foods and who often have no alternatives for …

… Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions be contaminated with heavy metals or PCBs, a sub-commission was created to collect …

… Convention on long- range Transboundary air pollution on Heavy Metals (1998) h) Protocol to Abate Acidification, …

… Reduction of Sulphur Emissions; n the 1998 Protocol on Heavy Metals; n the 1998 Protocol on Persistent Organic … on all goods imported in containers of plastic, glass, metal, or paperboard, in addition to empty containers … (VOCs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and heavy metals from stationary sources in the …