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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 … 50 years, in the environment and in the workplace, but hazardous chemicals continue to affect the long-term human … vision on future sound management of chemicals and waste linked to the broader international policy agenda, …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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

… bodies and other surfaces, including in gardens and homes. Waste materials from lead processing can, if not treated and … 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 …
21 Jun 2026 Document

POPs Chemicals

… compounds are released into the air, water, soil and solid waste, and degrade to PFOA in the environment and in … firefighting foams. PFOA has been detected in industrial waste, stain resistant carpets, carpet cleaning liquids, … incineration of fluoropolymers from municipal solid waste incineration with inappropriate incineration or open …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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

… compounds are released into the air, water, soil and solid waste, and degrade to PFOA in the environment and in … firefighting foams. PFOA has been detected in industrial waste, stain resistant carpets, carpet cleaning liquids, … incineration of fluoropolymers from municipal solid waste incineration with inappropriate incineration or open …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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

… compounds are released into the air, water, soil and solid waste, and degrade to PFOA in the environment and in … firefighting foams. PFOA has been detected in industrial waste, stain resistant carpets, carpet cleaning liquids, … incineration of fluoropolymers from municipal solid waste incineration with inappropriate incineration or open …
21 Jun 2026 Document