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Inorganic Arsenic Compounds other than Arsine Health and Safety Guide - Health and Safety Guide 70
(1992)
Arsenic compounds are often unstable, and in many cases are not well defined materials. For example, the arsenites of the alkali metals are slowly converted in solution to arsenates, by atmospheric oxygen. Arsenic trisulfide ...
Rotenone Health and Safety Guide - Health and Safety Guide 73
(1992)
Rotenone is a naturally occurring chemical with insecticidal and piscicidal properties obtained from the roots of several tropical and subtropical plant species belonging to genus Lonchcarpus or Derris. Rotenone is a ...
Trimellitic Anhydride Health and Safety Guide - Health and Safety Guide 71
(1992)
Trimellitic anhydride is a white solid in the firm of flakes. It is readily hydrolysed in water to trimellitic acid, which is moderately soluble in water. Trimellitic anhydride is readily soluble in acetone, cyclohexanone, ...
Endemic Fluorosis: A Global Health Issue - A Technical Report for the Human Assessment Locations Project
(1992)
Fluoride is one of the essential trace elements, a lack of which is manifested as dental caries throughout many parts of the world, yet excess fluoride is responsible for more serious disease (WHO, 1984b).
Introducing the Camel: Basic Camel Keeping for the Beginner
(1990)
This handbook is meant to provide a concise yet basic resource on camel husbandry. It is designed to acquaint the field worker with a working knowledge of camels and camel husbandry in Kenya. Various publications from the ...
1, 3-Dichloropropene, 1, 2-Diciiloropropane and Mixtures Health and Safety Guide 76
(1992)
Commercial 1,3-dichioropropene is a mixture of cis- and trans- isomers and 92% pure. It may also be used in admixtures with 1 ,2-dibromoethane (Dorloe) or with 1 ,2dichloropropane (D-D , soil fumigant; Nemex Telone , and ...
Ecotourism in the Wider Caribbean Region an Assessment - CEP Technical Report No. 31
(1994)
The objectives of the study are in short, to ascertain the present status of ecotourism in the States
and Territories of the region, to clarify the scope of the concept and propose general guidelines
for the appropriate ...
Methyl Parathion Health and Safety Guide - Health and Safety Guide 75
(1992)
Pure methyl parathion is crystalline and white. It is relatively insoluble in water, poorly soluble in petroleum ether and mineral oils, and readily soluble in most organic solvents. Methyl parathion is stable at pH 1-7, ...
Methomyl Health And Safety Guide - Health And Safety Guide 97
(1995)
Methomyl is a white crystalline solid with a melting point of 77 °C. It is soluble in water and in many organic solvents. It is stable at temperatures up to 140 °C; the autoignition temperature is 265 °C. Methomyl is stable ...
Isophorone Health and Safety Guide - Health and Safety Guide 91
(1995)
Isophorone is a colourless liquid. Its odour has been described as similar to those of peppermint and camphor. It is soluble in water and is miscible in all proportions with aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, ...