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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… primarily to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (s.a. mercury and cadmium), also poses especially significant … had for many decades released heavy metal-laden slag and mercury into the Columbia River, which then flowed down-river …
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Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean

… tuna, and for all canned tuna, due to elevated levels of mercury. There is no health advisory for troll/pole-caught … fish as these involve younger tuna with lower mercury levels. For more information, see www.oceansalive.org … The species is also thought to contain high levels of mercury, another good reason not to serve it. • American …
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UNEP. The first 40 years

… forced into court, as the consequences of its long-term mercury contamination of the waters in Minimata Bay became … to prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury in Chiba, Japan.; Water pollution was targeted as … providing EPA studies showing that the ash contained lead, mercury, aluminium and organic products that form dioxin. …
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PCB inventory guidance (PCB Elimination Network)

… Light Ballasts and Capacitor for fluorescent lights and mercury lamps. Household electrical appliances, such as …
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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… particulate matter (PM) and heavy metals, particularly mercury and lead, can damage health and the environment near … the other State.”) 578 E .g . the Minamata Convention on Mercury (2013), the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary … Treaty, New York, 2 April 2013 Minamata Convention on Mercury, Kumamoto, 10 October 2013 (reprinted in EmuT …
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Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers

… and introduced material), and other materials (e.g. mercury, refrigerants).” There are also concerns that areas …
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Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… The South African plant manufactured and reprocessed mercury compounds. This action was taken by three employees … who were exposed to hazardous and unsafe quantities of mercury. However, by the date of this application the first …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… be no large-scale ecological destruction and no use of mercury or cyanide. Mined areas must be ecologically stable …
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Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014

… by marine fish and other seafood can leach toxins such as mercury and other suspected carcinogens which can …
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A Review of Migratory Bird Flyways and Priorities for Management - TS No. 27

… C., Ruiz, X., Moreno, R., Jover, L. and Waldron, S. (2007) Mercury and stable isotopes in feathers of Audouin’s Gulls as … a number of threats (e.g. steep declines were recorded on Mercury and Ichaboe Islands owing to a decreas ed abundance …
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