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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 …
22 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 …
22 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 …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Scientific Assessment Report - UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution - Summary for policy makers

… (WHO) published its latest estimates of the burden of disease related to ambient (outdoor) and household (indoor) … peak ozone exposure since the 1990s. However the burden of disease from ozone is not restricted to exposure during … as one of the top10 causes of the global burden of disease. Air pollution policy can significantly contribute to …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

… treatments for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for parties not operating under Article 5 2 181 … for the treatment of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and for the delivery of leuprolide to the … (MDIs) for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, nasal dexamethasone, and specific cleaning, bonding …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region

… in a timeframe of 2-3 years since its adoption. 9 Minamata Disease is a serious and irreversible neurological syndrome … and, in extreme cases, paralysis and death. Minamata Disease was named after the Japanese city that was the centre … people died in 1956, the year the �rst cases of the disease were detected. More than 111 casualties and 400 cases …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Ozone Depletion - Chapter 9 - UNEP Training Manual on International Environmental Law

… eye cataracts and a reduction in the body’s immunity to disease. A 1% decrease in ozone would lead to about a 4% …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Vital Waste Graphics 3

22 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Common Ozone-Depleting Substances and Some Alternatives

22 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Introduction to Ozone Depletion - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… eye cataracts and a reduction in the body’s immunity to disease. A 1% decrease in ozone would lead to about a 4% …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere