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Beyond Silent Spring: Integrated Pest Management and Chemical Safety
(Chapman & Hall, 1996)
More than 32 years ago, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring appeared upon the scene as a landmark of literary achievement which contributed greatly to the foundation of the modern environmental movement. Rachel Carson had designed ...
Chemical Risk Assessment: Human Risk Assessment, Environmental Risk Assessment and Ecological Risk Assessment - Training Module No. 3
(1999)
There has been a dramatic increase in the use of chemicals in recent years, many of them new compounds and mixtures whose toxicological properties have not previously been studied and which might prove to be harmful to ...
Cleaner Production Worldwide - Volume II
(1995)
Cleaner production is a broad term that encompasses the concepts of waste minimization, waste avoidance, pollution prevention and other similar terms. It includes initiatives such as better management and housekeeping, ...
The WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard and Guidelines to Classification 1996-1997
(1997)
The WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard was approved by the 28th World Health Assembly in 1975 and has since gained wide acceptance. When it was published in the WHO Chronicle, 22, 397-401 (1975), an ...
Environmental and Technological Issues Related to Lead-Acid Battery Recycling: A Workbook for Trainers - First Edition
(1996)
One of the purposes ofthi5 package is to provide some case studies and situation scenarios that can be used as a basis for interactive training and simulated decision-making. However, the exercises only explore a small ...
Environmental Aspects of Alumina Production: An Overview
(1995)
With a view to making more widely known the environmentally related issues associated with alumina production and to providing guidance to environmental policy makers in governments and industry, the UNEP Secretariat ...
Resources Volume for Tertiary Level Education and Training in the Management of Toxic Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes
(1995)
The resource materials related to education and training the management of toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes which appear in this volume were prepared at a workshop convened by UNEP's Network for Environmental Training ...
Contributions to the Management of Toxic Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes in the Asia-Pacific Region and Report of the First NETTLAP Resources Development Workshop for Education and Training at Tertiary Level in Toxic Chemicals and Hazardous Waste Management
(1993)
The present volume is one way in which the diverse experience and views on curriculum objectives, guidelines and content will be disseminated to those involved in education and training activities related to TCHW at the ...
Development and Harmonization of Environmental Laws Volume 5 - Report on the Development and Harmonization of Laws on Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals
(1999)
Environmental law is an essential tool for the governance and management of the environment and natural resources. It is the foundation of national and regional policies and actions to ensure that the use of natural resources ...
Exposure Monitoring of Lead and Cadmium: An International Pilot Study within the WHO/UNEP Human Exposure Assessment Location (HEAL) Programme Technical Report
(1990)
This pilot study was one of the first to be developed and implemented as part of the HEAL project The experience gained shows that, although costly and complicated, it is possible to make comparable measurements on an ...