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Report of the Workshop on Chemical Hazards for African Countries, Nairobi, September 14-18, 1987
(1987)
The workshop was held to review and assess the magnitude of chemical hazards in Africa; to review and assess the current status of capabilities for dealing with these hazards; to explore possibilities for co-operation ...
Arsenic - Environmental Health Criteria 18
(1981)
Arsenic is a ubiquitous element with metalloid properties. Its chemistry is complex and there are many different compounds of both inorganic and organic arsenic. In nature, it is widely distributed in a number of minerals, ...
Selected Petroleum Products - Environmental Health Criteria 20
(1982)
The purpose of this document is to review and evaluate available information on the biological effects of some petroleum products, and to provide a scientific basis for decisions aimed at the protection of human health ...
Chlordane - Environmental Health Criteria 34
(1984)
Chlordane is a viscous, light yellow to amber-coloured liquid. Technical chlordane is a mixture of at least 26 different components and up to 14 distinct chromatographic components have been described. Its main components ...
Lead: Environmental Aspects - Environmental Health Criteria 85
(1989)
Lead is a bluish or silvery-grey soft metal. With the exception of the nitrate, the chlorate, and, to a much lesser degree, the chloride, the salts of lead are poorly soluble in water.This document, although based on a ...
Vanadium - Environmental Health Criteria 81
(1988)
?letaliic vanadium does not occur in nature. Over 70 vanadium minerals are known, carnatite and vanadinite being the most important from the point of view of mining. Production of vanadium is linked with that of other ...
Hygienic and Toxicological Criteria of Harmfulness in Evaluating Hazards of Chemical Compounds
(1983)
This book is intended for toxicologists, hygienists and all those responsible for evaluation and control of harmful effects of chemicals to human health and Urn environment. It could also be useful in postgraduate training ...
2, 4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D) - Environmental Health Criteria 29
(1984)
All exposure determinations and risk assessments ultimately depend on accurate chemical analyses, and therefore some critical aspects of analysis for 2,4-D residues have been included in the present document. The available ...
2, 4 - Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-d): Environmental Aspects - Environmental Health Criteria 84
(1989)
2,4-D is a selective herbicide which kills broad-leaved plants but not grasses or conifers. Its chemical structure is a modification of a
naturally occurring plant hormone. 2,4-D is available as the free acid but is ...