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

… Polystyrene (EUMEPS), 2011. EUMEPS 2011. Post-Consumer EPS Waste Generation and Management in European Countries 2009. … consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants. UNEP, 2015a. Technical guidelines on the … ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether . Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC), 2010. Risk …
22 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 … It has an affinity for sulfhydryl groups and other organic ligands in proteins and can mimic other biologically … action of hydrogen sulfide (from bacterial degradation of organic matter) on lead. There may also be grey spots on the …
22 Jun 2026 Document

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

… and mobile PMT Persistent, mobile and toxic POP Persistent organic pollutant PPPR Plant Protection Product Regulation … vision on future sound management of chemicals and waste linked to the broader international policy agenda, … in humans (lii). Both PCBs and PFASs are persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that have been found in the …
22 Jun 2026 Document

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

… mass) are: land-based (82%), vessel-based (9%), dumping of waste at sea (8%) and off-shore activity (1%). Land-based … the operation of a vessel for the purpose of discharging waste, as that is dumping. Pollution from vessels can take … uses conflict with and undermine each other. For example, waste disposal has undermined fishing and recreation in some …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

POPs Chemicals

… sulfonate. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. 2007. UNEP/POPS/POPRC.3/20/ Add.5 2. … ether (commercial mixture, c-decaBDE). Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee. 2014; … compounds are released into the air, water, soil and solid waste, and degrade to PFOA in the environment and in …
22 Jun 2026 Document

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

… sulfonate. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. 2007. UNEP/POPS/POPRC.3/20/ Add.5 2. … ether (commercial mixture, c-decaBDE). Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee. 2014; … compounds are released into the air, water, soil and solid waste, and degrade to PFOA in the environment and in …
22 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, … acid), its salts and PFOA-related compounds. Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee. 2017; …
22 Jun 2026 Document

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

… Abstract Background: DDT was among the initial persistent organic pollutants listed under the Stockholm Convention and … protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs) [1]. The Convention aims to reduce … available for a global assessment of obsolete stocks and waste of DDT or amounts that were sent for environmentally …
22 Jun 2026 Document