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

… assessment 26 6.3.1. Soil and dust 26 6.3.2. Air 26 6.3.3. Food and water 27 RECYCLING USED LEAD-ACID BATTERIES: HEALTH … on land or released into waterways. Lead can enter the food chain through crops growing on contaminated land, from direct deposition onto crops, through food animals foraging in contaminated areas and consuming …
19 Jun 2026 Document

POPs Chemicals

… persistent, has a high potential for bioaccumulation and food-web biomagnifications, as well as for long-range … highly toxic to aquatic organisms and birds. It can affect food chain due to its bioaccumulation and persistence. HCBD … for the production of non–stick kitchen ware, food processing equipment. PFOA-related compounds, including …
19 Jun 2026 Document

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

… persistent, has a high potential for bioaccumulation and food-web biomagnifications, as well as for long-range … highly toxic to aquatic organisms and birds. It can affect food chain due to its bioaccumulation and persistence. HCBD … for the production of non–stick kitchen ware, food processing equipment. PFOA-related compounds, including …
19 Jun 2026 Document

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

… for the production of non–stick kitchen ware, food processing equipment. PFOA-related compounds, including … liquids, house dust, microwave popcorn bags, water, food, and Teflon. Unintentional formation of PFOA is created …
19 Jun 2026 Document

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

… Rikke Donchil Holmberg, Danish Ministry of Environment and Food, Denmark Helène Kanellopoulos, Swedish Chemicals Agency, … Navarro Vinten, Danish Ministry of Environment and Food, Denmark Margareta Wallström, VTT — Technical Research … and medicinal products and through contaminated water, food, air and soil. Human health effects include cancer, …
19 Jun 2026 Document

POPs Chemicals - Hexachlorobutadiene

… highly toxic to aquatic organisms and birds. It can affect food chain due to its bioaccumulation and persistence. HCBD …
19 Jun 2026 Document

POPs Chemicals & PIC Industrial Chemicals - Short-chain chlorinated paraffins

19 Jun 2026 Document

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

… in the atmosphere great distances, and can enter the food chain and accumulate in flora and fauna such as fish, …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… that are toxic to them. Marine organisms that are used for food can become contaminated with substances such as mercury, …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Guidance on alternatives to perfluorooctane sulfonate and its derivatives

… and drawbacks. United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Environment Agency for England and … and drawbacks. United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Environment Agency for England and …
19 Jun 2026 Document