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Global trends in the production and use of DDT for control of malaria and other vector‑borne diseases

… recognizes the acceptable production and use of DDT for disease vector control. DDT is one of the insecticides … and other enti- ties) can produce and use DDT for disease vector control in accordance with WHO recommendations … to produce or use DDT [3]. The continued need for DDT for disease vector control, which is subject to evaluation by the …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Chemicals for a sustainable future; Report of the EEA Scientific Committee Seminar (Copenhagen, 17 May 2017)

… Europe and globally. Pollution is the number one burden of disease globally, with air pollution alone causing the … pollution (xii), e.g. the 1952 London smog, the 'Minamata disease' caused by methylmercury and discovered in 1956 in … 6.5 million people per year and is the number one cause of disease (xiv). In Europe, air pollution is estimated to cause …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations (WHO)

… It also aims to inform policy-makers of the burden of disease associated with lead exposure as a stimulus to … 18 children died from an aggressive central nervous system disease of unexplained origin in a neighbourhood of Dakar in … development in children and on cardiovascular disease in adulthood. In children the greater risk of reduced …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Candidate POPs - Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid), its salts and PFOA-related compounds

… issues such as kidney cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid disease, pregnancy-induced hypertension, high cholesterol …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Introduction to the Minamata Convention on Mercury - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… and skins. Severe mercury poisoning can cause Minamata disease, named after the city of Minamata in Japan where …
20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

POPs Chemicals

… issues such as kidney cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid disease, pregnancy-induced hypertension, high cholesterol …
20 Jun 2026 Document

POPs Chemicals - Decabromodiphenyl ether (Commercial mixture, c-decaBDE)

… issues such as kidney cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid disease, pregnancy-induced hypertension, high cholesterol …
20 Jun 2026 Document