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Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether, or tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether
… . Adopted 9 June 2004. Available from: www.oecd.org. Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC), 2008. Risk … 2004a. Guidance for a Global Monitoring Programme for Persistent Organic Pollutants .1st edition, June 2004. …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… harm depends on the natural characteristics of a given pollutant. Thus, harm from radioactivity, for example, will … a species of fauna or flora, erosion, and the dumping of persistent pollutants into the sea create intractable, even … Similarly, Art. 10(1) of the Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm, May 22, 2001) specifies that …
Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General
… arts. 10 (6) and 11 (8); Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention), preamble, arts. 1 and 8 … eight supplementary protocols, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants of 2001 and the Association of …
Final: Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment
… arts. 10 (6) and 11 (8); Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention), preamble, arts. 1 and 8 … eight supplementary protocols, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants of 2001 and the Association of …
Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability
… quantities of water, and with the advent of particularly persistent contaminants, the resource needs to be protected … crops, which can result in elevated nitrate, chloride, and organic carbon concentration and, in some cases, to faecal … contaminant load), (b) the mobility and persistence of the pollutant, and (c) the hydraulic load. In general a …
Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change
… well known and is amenable to modelling. There are several persistent features such as the five sub-tropical gyres in … properties, and most plastics have a tendency to absorb organic pollutants and hence have the potential to impart a … with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons can transfer this pollutant to mussels after being ingested (Avio et al. 2015). …
Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention
… exposure to carcinogens such as dioxins and furans; (b) Persistent organic pollutants and other obsolete pesticides and heavy … Convention on Climate Change; (c) Global impacts of persistent organic pollutants will be reduced through efforts …
Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives
… Pesticides in International Trade, Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, United Nations Framework Convention on … the establishment of coherent, integrated, nationwide pollutant release and transfer registers (PRTRs) in …