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

… 26 6.3.1. Soil and dust 26 6.3.2. Air 26 6.3.3. Food and water 27 RECYCLING USED LEAD-ACID BATTERIES: HEALTH … at the school were very low with a mean of 34 mg/kg. Surface lead contamination was tested in 11 homes and a mean … washing done at home rather than at the workplace. While surface contamination with lead was lower at the school, …
21 Jun 2026 Document

POPs Chemicals

… PFOS has been used for a variety of products due to its surface-active properties, surface resistance/repellency to oil, water, grease or soil. PFOS is both intentionally produced …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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

… PFOS has been used for a variety of products due to its surface-active properties, surface resistance/repellency to oil, water, grease or soil. PFOS is both intentionally produced …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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

… condensed and pulled into depressions in the planet’s surface. The Earth’s major oceanic depressions form the … Oceans. These oceans are a thin film over the Earth’s surface, on average, only a few kilometres deep. Oceans and … sources include operational discharges such as bilge water discharges, but not the operation of a vessel for the …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

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

… PFOS has been used for a variety of products due to its surface-active properties, surface resistance/repellency to oil, water, grease or soil. PFOS is both intentionally produced …
21 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 … fluorinated polymers, are used as surfactants and surface treatment agents in textiles, paper and paints, … cleaning liquids, house dust, microwave popcorn bags, water, food, and Teflon. Unintentional formation of PFOA is …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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

… a high resistance to friction, heat, chemical agents, low surface energy and used as water, grease, oil and soil repellent. It is widely utilized …
21 Jun 2026 Document