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Guide to Short-Term Tests for Detecting Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Chemicals - Environmental Health Criteria 51
(1985)
This document represents the views of ICPFMC and is published by IPCS in an attempt to stimulate scientific discussion, as well as to provide guidance on the use of genotoxicity tests in chemical safety programmes. Although ...
Selected Synthetic Organic Fibres - Environmental Health Criteria 151
(1993)
This document is a review of occupational and environmental exposure to selected synthetic organic fibres. The particular fibres covered in this document have been selected because they are the only ones for which some ...
Principles for the Safety Assessment of Food Additives and Contaminants in Food - Environmental Health Criteria 70
(1987)
This publication is concerned with reviewing the basis for decision-making by the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health ...
Protecting the Ozone Layer through Trade Measures: Reconciling the Trade Provisions of the Montreal Protocol and the rules of the GATT - Environment and Trade Series 6
(1994)
This paper provides an overview of the history of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, examines the necessity and effectiveness of the Protocol's trade measures and evaluates the measures for ...
Protecting the Ozone Layer Volume 5: Aerosols, Sterilants, Carbon Tetrachloride and Miscellaneous Uses
(1992)
The use of ozone-depleting substances in industry increased significantly until about 1990. The result has been serious depletion of the ozone layer. New data have recently revealed that the hole in the Antarctic ozone ...
Guidelines for the Study of Genetic Effects in Human Populations - Environmental Health Criteria 46
(1985)
The extent to which human somatic and germinal mutation frequencies may be increased by exposure to ionizing radiation and to the variety of chemicals that characterize modern societies has been a matter of concern in ...
Regional Training Seminar on the Application of Environmental Impact Analysis in Appraisal of Development Project Planning
(1988)
The aims of the EIA study are: (a) to identify proposed activity which may generate impacts., (b) to identify baseline condition and system ecology of the area., (c) to identify significant impacts which may be generated ...
Principles and Methods for the Assessment of Nephrotoxicity Associated with Exposure to Chemicals - Environmental Health Criteria 119
(1991)
Nephrotoxicity can be defined as renal disease or dysfunction that arises as a direct or indirect result of exposure to medicines, and industrial or environmental chemicals. It is well established that toxic nephropathies ...