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

… 9. Avoiding upstream use of persistent and hazardous chemicals is … NOTES Non-toxic Environment Strategy ODS Ozone-depleting substance PBT Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic PCB … 50 years, in the environment and in the workplace, but hazardous chemicals continue to affect the long-term human …
21 Jun 2026 Document

POPs Chemicals

… human health and the environment: PFOA is identified as a substance of very high concern with a persistent, …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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

… human health and the environment: PFOA is identified as a substance of very high concern with a persistent, …
21 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

… environmental risks of chemicals are still often assessed substance by substance, neglecting mixture effects, that is, the effects …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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

… by workers (UNEP, 2003). Lead fumes are particularly hazardous as the small particle size enables the lead to be … is on the release of lead, there are a number of other hazardous chemicals that can be released during recycling. In … Used lead-acid batteries should be transported as hazardous waste. The batteries should be kept upright and …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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

… human health and the environment: PFOA is identified as a substance of very high concern with a persistent, …
21 Jun 2026 Document

POPs Chemicals - Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF)

21 Jun 2026 Document

Candidate POPs - Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds

21 Jun 2026 Document