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An Introduction to the Exposure Commitment Concept with Reference to Environmental Mercury - MARC Report Number 12
(Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre, 1979)
When a toxic substance is released to the environment, it may not immediately reach and affect a population of sensitive receptors. This is particularly true if the substance must pass through a sequence of environmental ...
Kinetic and Exposure Commitment Analyses of Lead Behavior In A Biosphere Reserve : A Technical Report - MARC Report Number 15
(1979)
The detailed analysis of an environmental system is a prerequisite to efficient monitoring design. Such analysis includes the sampling scheme, field measurements, pathway analysis and exposure response. The exposure ...
The State of the Environment: Ten Years after Stockholm - Project Plan
(1979)
The main focus of the state of the environment is the changes - positive and/or negative - that occur in the different components of the natural environment (atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, etc), with particular ...
Recommended Practices for the Prevention of Mycotoxins in Food, Feed and their Products
(1979)
The purpose of this publication is to recommend practices for the prevention of mycotcxins in food, animal feed and their products. It recognizes that effectiveness of preventive and protective practices to be adopted ...
Technology, Development and the Environment : A Re-Appraisal
(1979)
Development must be viewed as a comprehensive and global process, embracing all aspects of the social system and its interrelationship with the natural environment. In this dynamic interrelationship, technology is the ...
A Report on the Status, Importance and Protection of the Montane Forests: IPAL Technical Report Number D-2a
(1979)
The terms of reference for this study of the montane forests were for "an ecological study of the isolated mountain rain forests within the project working area. It will include preliminary ecological surveys to provide ...
A Preliminary Analysis of Climatological Data from the Marsabit District of Northern Kenya: IPAL Technical Paper Number B-1
(1979)
The Integrated Project in Arid Lands (IPAL) was established jointly by UNEP and UNESCO in 1976 with the aim of finding direct solutions to the most urgent environmental problems associated with desert encroachment and ...
Background Historical of the Mt. Kulal Region of Kenya - IPAL Technical Report Number A-2
(1979)
The objective of this study was to document the various pressures and influences which have been
exerted on the Project's study area both from within it and from the larger Lake Turkana region. This will assist in more ...
Environmental Health Criteria 9: DDT and its Derivatives
(1979)
Although the ecological aspects of DDT, including its possible accumulation in some components of the food chain, its metabolism in micro-organisms and plants, as well as its effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems ...
Sulfur Oxides and Suspended Particulate Matter - Environmental Health Criteria 8
(1979)
The purpose of this document is to review and evaluate available information on the biological effects of sulfur oxides and suspended particulate matter including suspended sulfates and sulfuric acid aerosols, and to provide ...