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Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention

… the atmospheric contamination contributes to respiratory disease. Mercury containing hospital products that are … substances, in particular asbestos, which can cause lung disease. The poor, and particularly women, children and the … are ambitious, and include curbing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Waste management for human health and livelihood

… Development Goals (MDGs), to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and … healthier. In some countries, more than one third of the disease burden could be prevented through environmental … main victims and make up 74% of deaths due to diarrhoeal disease and lower respiratory infections. Low income …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Ridding the world of POPs - A guide to the Stockholm Convention on POPs

… limits the production and use of DDT to controlling disease vectors such as malarial mosquitoes in accordance … limits the production and use of DDT to controlling disease vectors such as malarial mosquitoes in accordance … and use of DDT for controlling mosquitoes and other disease vectors in accordance with World Health Organization …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with mercury or mercury compounds

… Minamata City, Japan, National Institute for Minamata Disease, Ministry of the Environment, Japan, pp. 73-84. … Minamata City Hall, 2000. “Minamata Disease - History and Message”, Minamata Disease Museum, Minamata City, Japan. Ministry of …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014

… of 2000 (B.E.A.C.H. Act) – This Act reduces the risk of disease to users of the coastal waters. It also provides the …
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Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… and deployment of alternatives to DDT for the purpose of disease vector control to Parties to the Stockholm Convention …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of biomedical and healthcare wastes (Y1 ; Y3)

… Diseases المركز الوطني لألمراض المعدية Centers for Disease Control and Prevention مراكز مقاومة األمراض ومنع …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Synergies Success Stories - Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

… to humans and can be the cause of cancer, respiratory disease, nervous system disorder, etc . Countries started to …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… - 30 - - 31 - Japan Based on its experience with Minamata disease, Japan has adopted environmentally sound measures on …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with the pesticides aldrin, alpha hexachlorocyclohexane, beta hexachlorocyclohexane, chlordane, chlordecone, dieldrin, e

… Health and Human Services, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, August 2005. UNIDO, 2009. Perfluorooctane …
20 Jun 2026 Document