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Proposed 1997 SDI
Total population in the United Statesorganized by geographic area Toxic Land Area (75): Area and percent of land experiencing an accumulation of persistent toxic substances, including superfund and brown field sites Water Consumption ...
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Sustainable Development Indicator (SDI) Group SDI
Framework Element: Waste Waste Characteristic: Mass of Waste Toxic Land Area (75) Definition: Area and percent of land experiencing an accumulation of persistent toxic substances, including superfund and brown field sites Issue: Environment ...
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Great Lakes Commission staff: Jon Dettling
Great Lakes. He manages the Great Lakes Air Deposition (GLAD) Program and the regional Toxic Air Emissions Inventory. Jon has also ...
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Countries where Leaded Petrol is Possibly Still Sold for Road Use, As at 22nd February 2007
Environment Programme) Chemicals, Global Environment Facility (2002) Pacific Islands REGIONAL REPORT: Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances states: “leaded petrol was phased out in the US Territories in the early ...
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GLRC Toxic Pollutants Initiative - March 2, 2007
Beaches Give us Feedback Toxic Pollutants Initiative (printer-friendly PDF, 52Kb) Endorsed by GLRC Executive Committee on March 2, 2007 I. Introduction While certain persistent toxic substances (PTS) have been ... continued reduction and virtual elimination of persistent toxic substances such as mercury and PCBs in the basin, as well as preventing new toxic threats to the basin through pollution ...
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GLRC Toxic Pollutants Initiative Update - October 2007
Feedback Toxic Pollutants Initiative[1] Progress Report – October 2007 (printer-friendly PDF, 67Kb) Introduction The GLRC Strategy calls for continuing the reduction and virtual elimination of persistent toxic substances such as mercury and PCBs in the basin, as well as preventing new toxic threats to the basin through pollution ...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants
Resolution No. 8-16-89-01 supporting the virtual elimination of dioxins and persistent toxic substances. • February 2000 - The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa ... Toxic-tainted Arctic animals passing poisons on to Inuit , U.S. military wastes entering Canada , Toxic Travel Fears , Pollution in Arctic Linked to Specific Sites in North America Arctic Polluted by Persistent ...
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About Air Toxics | Toxic Air Pollutants | Air and Radiation | US EPA
Air Toxics About Air Toxics What are toxic air pollutants? What are the health & environmental effects of toxic air pollutants? Where do toxic air pollutants come from? How are ... water (for example, during recreational use of contaminated water bodies). Once toxic air pollutants enter the body, some persistent toxic air pollutants accumulate in body tissues. Predators typically accumulate even ...
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Toxic chemicals used as flame retardants are rapidly building up in the bodies of people and wildlife around the world
"These effects are persistent and worsen with age", said Per Eriksson, a neurotoxicologist at Uppsala University in Sweden ... chemicals. "Even in the absence of further studies, it seems clear that less toxic alternatives to the persistent PBDE flame retardants are desirable," wrote McDonald and Cal/EPA scientist Kim Hooper. ...
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Helcom : Convention
"Hazardous substance" means any harmful substance which due to its intrinsic properties is persistent, toxic or liable to bio-accumulate; 9. "Pollution incident" means an occurrence or series of occurrences ...
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