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An Assessment of Environmental and Aquatic Ecosystem Contamination by Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants (POPs) in the Russian Federation.
POPs contamination, in particular Russian aquatic systems. Like most industrialized countries, Russia and the former Soviet Union (FSU) produced and used certain POPs in appreciable quantity, but accounts of environmental contamination ... is evidence of recent DDT usage. Current fragmentary information suggests that POPs contamination of Russian aquatic systems ranges from modest to potentially grave. ...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants - sample resolution
For example, 46 states have issued advisories against eating local fish because of dioxin contamination. The average American adult receives 300 to 500 times the daily "safe" dose of dioxin ... is concerned about the elevated impact and greater health-risk that dioxin and PCB contamination and other POPs contamination may have upon our Tribal nation. We are concerned that due to land-based ...
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UNEP INC-2 POPs Coverage
Kakakhel called for a global ban on POPs and said no country or individual is safe from POPs contamination. The Nairobi meeting, which followed a series of talks, ... villages of the Arctic north are being disproportionately impacted from POPs contamination. Our Indigenous Peoples are at higher risk to POPs exposure due to our land-based and subsistence cultures. Within ...
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Science and the Environment Bulletin: The Arctic: Clean or Contaminated
NWRI's research has focused on the scientific assessment of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the circumpolar Arctic. These chemicals from agricultural and industrial activities in the ... agreements to control environmental contamination. Environment Canada experts were in Germany this March for the fourth of five negotiating sessions to develop a global convention on POPs. Canada is ...
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Our Stolen Future: Recommendations for action
POPs, by implementing international protocols. Far more stringent testing should be required before allowing ... prevent access to crucial information. Build the capacity in the United States to monitor contamination levels, health impacts, and the links between them. The National Center for Environmental Health ...
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Our Stolen Future: About polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
Arctic PBDEs found in deep ocean High PBDE levels in Lake Michigan salmon PBDE contamination in sewage sludge applied to agricultural fields PBDEs are potent thyroid disruptors Recent ... resistent to physical, chemical or biological degradation, they are highly persistent and bioaccumulative... classic POPs although not yet included in the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. PBDEs ...
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Depaving the World by Richard Register
Danger! Do not immediately throw all your weight into pressing down on ... over the months, you can sometimes get permission to dump for free. As for soil contamination, I don't know much about it. Maybe an expert should be brought in if ...
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« Aquatic Ecosystem Contamination and Riverine Flux of Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants (POPs) to Coastal Seas in the Asia-Pacific Region », novembre 1996
... Contamination and Riverine Flux of Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants (POPs) to Coastal Seas in the Asia-Pacific Region », novembre 1996 Page d'accueil | English « Aquatic Ecosystem Contamination and Riverine Flux of Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants (POPs ... 'accueil | English Avis importants Programme GEMS/EAU URL de cette page http://www.cciw.ca/pops-f.html Mise à jour le : 2002-02-04
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PANNA: POPs Treaty Ratification Stalled in U.S. Over "New POPs" Bans | Pesticide Action Network North America
Vehicle Donation take action Home PANNA: POPs Treaty Ratification Stalled in U.S. Over "New POPs" Bans POPs treaty ratification stalled in U.S. over "New POPs" bans by Kristin S. Schafer ... bioaccumulate in humans and other animals, collecting particularly in the liver, kidneys and fatty tissue. Contamination from the pesticide has caused mass fish deaths in India, Benin, Sudan, Germany, Australia, ...
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POPs
Today, the contamination from persistent man-made chemicals is a pervasive global problem that urgently demands a ... impacts. The contaminants of greatest concern are persistent organic pollutants, or POPs. These include DDT, PCBs, and dioxins. POPs have a broad range of negative effects. They are transported ...
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