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The 16 New POPs - An introduction to the chemicals added to the Stockholm Convention as Persistent Organic Pollutants by the Conference of the Parties
… long- range transport. Adverse effects are reported for soil organisms, birds, fish, frog, rat, mice and humans. Use … has been used as a broad-spectrum insecticide for seed and soil treatment, foliar applications, tree and wood treatment …
Ridding the world of POPs: a Guide to the Stockholm Convention Persitent Organic Polluants
… mixtures of PCBs. Heptachlor – Primarily employed to kill soil insects and termites, heptachlor has also been used more … sites is a delicate job that risks leakage and additional pollution, and the safe destruction or containment of PCBs … to provide ever-better measures for preventing such pollution. 13 RID D IN G TH E W O RLD O F PO PS Aim No. 4: …
Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures
… and Natural Resources, El Salvador Cherdchai Worakeansai Pollution Control Department, Thailand Chilekwa Christabel … mercury inventory, 65 per cent of mercury releases to soil came from informal waste management, including informal … Levels – the concentration of a contaminant in the soil that does not imply a risk to human health and the …