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Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures
… mercury switches in end-of-life vehicles; and a code of practice for the envi- ronmentally sound management of … wide strategy on the management of wastes from med- ical, agricultural and other sectors. The National Conser- vation … in the coming decades. The increase in industrial, agricultural and health wastes has increased mercury …
Ridding the world of POPs: a Guide to the Stockholm Convention Persitent Organic Polluants
… termites and as a broad-spectrum insecticide on a range of agricultural crops. DDT – Perhaps the best known of the POPs, … to control insect-borne diseases and insects living in agricultural soils. Dioxins – These chemicals are produced … for example, have killed and seriously sickened agricultural workers. But the kind of harm caused to human …
The 16 New POPs - An introduction to the chemicals added to the Stockholm Convention as Persistent Organic Pollutants by the Conference of the Parties
… chlorinated organic compound, which was mainly used as an agricultural pesticide. It was first produced in 1951 and … ingredient in antifouling paint. Some applications were in agricultural seeds, leather, wood preservation, cooling tower …