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

… 2 1.1. Purpose and scope of the document 3 2. How lead exposure occurs during recycling and disposal 4 2.1. … Steps in the recycling process 5 2.3. Lead release and exposure during recycling 6 2.3.1. Informal lead recycling 8 … chemicals released during recycling 9 2.5. Studies of lead exposure from recycling lead-acid batteries 9 2.5.1. Senegal …
18 Jun 2026 Document

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

… 3. Environmental and societal megatrends are changing exposure … of the total (xvii). Examples of more hidden pollution are exposure to complex mixtures of chemicals in consumer products, exposure to endocrine, neuro- or immuno-developmental toxic …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Guidance for drafters of risk profiles on consideration of toxicological interactions when evaluating chemicals proposed for listing - Qualitative literature-based approach to assessing mixture toxicity under Annex E

… This may result in the underestimation of risk, as exposure to multi-component chemical mixtures occurs more often than exposure to individual chemicals in isolation. Empirical … endpoints for the species that is the most sensitive to exposure to the mixture being studied,or the populations that …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Candidate POPs - Dicofol

… and bioaccumulatative property. Prolonged or repeated exposure to dicofol can cause skin irritation, …
18 Jun 2026 Document

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

… mammals. It is also a serious human health risk. High exposure to mercury has been linked to a number of …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

POPs Chemicals

… and bioaccumulatative property. Prolonged or repeated exposure to dicofol can cause skin irritation, …
18 Jun 2026 Document

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

… and bioaccumulatative property. Prolonged or repeated exposure to dicofol can cause skin irritation, …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with hexabromocyclododecane

… (HBCD) Chapter 2 HBCD Uses, End-of-Life, and Exposure: Final Report . Available from: www.epa.gov . … , vol. 33 No. 2, pp. 165–174. Miyake, Y. et al, 2009. “Exposure to hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) emitted into indoor …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Guidance on alternatives to perfluorooctane sulfonate and its derivatives

18 Jun 2026 Document