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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 … 31 7.3. Informal recycling 31 7.4. The problem of legacy pollution 32 7.5. Policy measures 32 8. Conclusions and way … into the air can be inhaled and are also deposited onto soil, water bodies and other surfaces, including in gardens …
20 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 …
20 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 …
20 Jun 2026 Document

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

… 2. European legislation has reduced acute pollution, but chronic, less apparent effects … 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 …
20 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 …
20 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 …
20 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 …
20 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 …
20 Jun 2026 Document