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

… history 25 6.3. Environmental assessment 26 6.3.1. Soil and dust 26 6.3.2. Air 26 6.3.3. Food and water 27 … into the air can be inhaled and are also deposited onto soil, water bodies and other surfaces, including in gardens … into collection tanks, the lead becomes incorporated into soil particles, which subsequently become a source of lead …
19 Jun 2026 Document

POPs Chemicals

… surface resistance/repellency to oil, water, grease or soil. PFOS is both intentionally produced and formed by … human health and the environment: SCCPs strongly bonds to soil and sediments, where it can remain during a considerable … PFOA-related compounds are released into the air, water, soil and solid waste, and degrade to PFOA in the environment …
19 Jun 2026 Document

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

… surface resistance/repellency to oil, water, grease or soil. PFOS is both intentionally produced and formed by … human health and the environment: SCCPs strongly bonds to soil and sediments, where it can remain during a considerable … PFOA-related compounds are released into the air, water, soil and solid waste, and degrade to PFOA in the environment …
19 Jun 2026 Document

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

… occurs naturally but can be released into air, water and soil through anthropogenic activity such as mining, metal and …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

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

… products and through contaminated water, food, air and soil. Human health effects include cancer, decreased … areas, whether as pollutants assessed in air, water, soil, impacts from agrochemicals and transport, or as … toxic chemicals in freshwater causing ecosystem collapse, soil pollution and diseases caused by exposure to chemicals …
19 Jun 2026 Document

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

… surface resistance/repellency to oil, water, grease or soil. PFOS is both intentionally produced and formed by …
19 Jun 2026 Document

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

… low surface energy and used as water, grease, oil and soil repellent. It is widely utilized in a variety of …
19 Jun 2026 Document

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

… PFOA-related compounds are released into the air, water, soil and solid waste, and degrade to PFOA in the environment …
19 Jun 2026 Document

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

… human health and the environment: SCCPs strongly bonds to soil and sediments, where it can remain during a considerable …
19 Jun 2026 Document