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POPs Chemicals - Decabromodiphenyl ether (Commercial mixture, c-decaBDE)
… leading to cancer formation. Due to its long-term persistent accumulation, humans, wildlife and the environment … on perfluorooctane sulfonate. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. 2007. UNEP/POPS/POPRC.3/20/ Add.5 2. …
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 … and mobile PMT Persistent, mobile and toxic POP Persistent organic pollutant PPPR Plant Protection Product Regulation R&I …
Global trends in the production and use of DDT for control of malaria and other vector‑borne diseases
… Konradsen3 Abstract Background: DDT was among the initial persistent organic pollutants listed under the Stockholm Convention and … objective to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs) [1]. The Convention aims …
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
… document aims to describe a practical approach to how the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee could consider … by a given chemical being reviewed for persistent organic pollutant characteristics. II. Information to consider when …
Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations (WHO)
… It has an affinity for sulfhydryl groups and other organic ligands in proteins and can mimic other biologically … clumsiness and intermittent lethargy. This may progress to persistent vomiting, ataxia, convulsions, severe cerebral … 2017). Blacksmith Institute (2009). The problem. In: Pollutant: Lead [website]. New York: Blacksmith Institute; …
Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with hexabromocyclododecane
… of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants. UNEP, 2015a. Technical guidelines on the … or tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether . Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC), 2010. …
Candidate POPs - Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid), its salts and PFOA-related compounds
… is identified as a substance of very high concern with a persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic structure for the … acid), its salts and PFOA-related compounds. Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee. 2017; …