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OSPAR Convention: Convention for Protection of Marine Environment of North-East Atlantic
Persistent synthetic materials which may float, remain in suspension or sink, and which may seriously interfere with any legitimate use of the sea. Persistent oils and ... in the sea into substances which are biologically harmless. b. Elemental phosphorus. c. Non-persistent oils and hydrocarbons of petroleum origin. d. The following elements and compounds: Arsenic, Lead, ...
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Marin Agricultural Land Trust
The forces that Marin Agricultural Land Trust was created to counter—persistent escalation of agricultural land values and non-agricultural development threatening the viability of agriculture and endangering Marin’s ... handspun wool and handknit sweaters, handwoven items, and clever toy cows, herbal soaps and oils, and much more. Environmental groups will be on hand to describe their efforts to ...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants p3
North America are being disproportionately harmed from persistent organic pollutants. Environmental racism exists in national and international policies that allow persistent chemicals to pollute the developing fetus and ... jars, vegetable oils, lamp oils) vinyl food wrap or packaging. 3. Talk to your tribal, IHS, or urban health facility and encourage them to purchase non-vinyl medical products ...
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Press Releases: IPEN (International POPs Elimination Network
POPs are numerous and varied. For instance, PCBs are being substituted throughout the world with non-toxic oils. Dioxins and furans can be eliminated by preventing the production, use and disposal ... of their non indigenous counterparts. INC3 ­ NEGOTIATIONS FOR A POPS TREATY On the Monday following (6th Sept.), 113 countries met to continue negotiations for the final phase out of the persistent ...
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Invites non-governmental organizations and major groups to initiate and ... of priority: "(a) Sewage - the World Health Organization; "(b) Persistent organic pollutants - the Inter-Organization Programme for the ... - the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; "(f) Oils (hydrocarbons) and litter - the International Maritime Organization; "(g) ...
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Protocol on the Protection of the Black Sea Marine Environment Against Pollution by Dumping (1992)
Cadmium and cadmium compounds. 4. Organotin compounds. 5. Persistent synthetic matter which may float, sink or remain in suspension. 6. Used lubricating oils. 7. Lead and lead compounds. 8. Radioactive substances and ... their surface-active substances. 5. Alkaline or acid compounds. 6. Substances which, though of a non-toxic nature, may become harmful to the marine biota owing to the quantities in ...
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ITOPF - About Marine Spills - Fate of Oil Spills
The way in which an oil slick breaks up and dissipates depends largely on how persistent the oil is. Light products such as kerosene tend to evaporate and dissipate quickly and naturally and rarely need cleaning-up. These are called non-persistent oils. In contrast, persistent oils, such as many crude oils ...
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ITOPF - About Marine Spills - Persistence of Oil
Impacts from non-persistent oils may include, for ... -term persistence of oils that would normally be defined as non persistent. Oils which are normally classified as persistent include crude oils, fuel oils, heavy diesel and lubricating oils. Non-persistent oils include gasoline, light ...
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Magnesium (Mg) - Chemical properties, Health and Environmental effects
Used as a catalyst, magnesium promotes organic reactions of ... properties, which make it appropriate for many other non-structural applications. Magnesium components are widely used in industry ... is no evidence that magnesium produces systemic poisoning although persistent over-indulgence in taking magnesium supplements and medicines ...
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ESSP CLP - Principles and Practices in Sustainable Development for the Engineering and Built Environment Professions Unit 1 Lecture 2
Arrhenius understood the danger of wasting precious non-renewable resources and called for a war on waste: Like insane ... 1912,[15] The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today. But such oils may become in the module of ... in the environment is because they are designed to be persistent; similarly fertilisers were designed to add nitrogen to soil so ...
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