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Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… Li, Director and Research Professor Department of Soil Pollution Control Chinese Research Academy of Environmental … used to excavate boreholes. Only non-petroleum vegetable oil based lubricants should be used on the external surfaces … (PHCN) was a major user of PCB-containing transformer oil between 1921 and 1989. The station is located near the …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Global Mercury Assessment

… a contribution to international efforts to reduce mercury pollution. This summary report and the accompanying Technical … not previously included, such as aluminium production, oil refining, and contaminated sites. • More and better … production; secondary metals production and ferro-alloys; oil and gas extraction and transport; and industrial and some …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific

… Countries (PICs), possessing few indigenous sources of oil and gas (with the exception of PNG), are extremely dependent on imported oil to power national development. (Figures 1 and 2) PICs can … dependent on these environments44. Impacts include pollution, overfishing, destructive fishing, land-based …
20 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… of collisions and groundings, with 5 out of 26 ‘major’ oil spills recorded in Australian waters having occurred in … coastal development and deforestation to climate change, pollution to overfishing have endangered mangroves and coral … its history. In 1992 when the tanker Aegean Sea caused an oil spill in a nearby area, the foredune (in addition to …
20 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Guidance on alternatives to perfluorooctane sulfonate and its derivatives

… (�) Information from Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (former Statens … F6EDC12571E0003D5C16�. (�) Information from Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (former Statens … www2.dupont.com/Capstone/en_US/uses_apps/Fluorosurfactants/oil_field_services.html. (�) معلومات مستقاة من وكالة حماية …
20 Jun 2026 Document