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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… may be plentiful but unsuitable for human use because of contamination. This problem is becoming more serious, … or destruction; 11. Emission, outflow or burial of radioactive and toxic waste in water resources is prohibited. … or other 48 technologies associated with the discharge of radioactive and toxic substances, is prohibited. In instances …
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GEO yearbook 2003

… importation into member island countries of hazardous and radioactive wastesand to control the transboundary movement … Environment 2004, UNEP 2003a and b). There is concern over radioactive contamination. Depleted uranium, used in the wars of 1991 and …
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Global Land Outlook

… lead to problems such as subsidence, soil erosion, and contamination of water resources.62 The extraction of … include deforestation,198 erosion,199 water pollution, and contamination of soils and groundwater by mercury.200 When … earthquake29 and still highly unstable today. The highly radioactive waste from nuclear fission also requires …
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International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… quality of the waters of the Paraná River, avoiding its contamination and assuring, at the least, the present … neutralisation, safe destruction and burial of toxic and radioactive wastes, and in the process of making them … waters of the rivers and groundwater, against pollution, contamination, harm or unauthorised withdrawals of each …
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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… detrimental effects on the environment, in particular from radioactive, toxic, and other hazardous substances and …
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