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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 ...
Manual of Methods in Aquatic Environment Research Part 8 - Ecological Assessment of Pollution Effects (Guidelines for the FAO(GFCM)/UNEP Joint Coordinated Project on Pollution in the Mediterranean). FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 209
(1981)
This document specifies the communities and ecosystems to be studied, as well as the parameters and effects to be analysed and the general methodology to be used. Although the consequences of significant pollution appear ...
Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Terphenyls - Executive Summary. Environmental Health Criteria 2
(1976)
Polychlorinated hbiphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) are complex organic chemicals used widely for their insulating properties. They are liquids of various densities containing chlorine, hydrogen and ...
Fenvalerate - Environmental Health Criteria 95
(1990)
Fenvalerate is a potent insecticide that has been in use since 1976. It is an ester of 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-methylbutyric acid and alpha-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl alcohol, but lacks a cyclopropane ring. However, in terms ...
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 ...
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 ...
Guidelines for Assessing Industrial Environmental Impact and Environmental Criteria for the Siting of Industry - Supplementary Volume
(1982)
This Supplementary Volume to the "Guidelines for Assessing Industrial Environmental Impact and Environmental Criteria for the Siting of Industry" gives a compilation of scientific and technical data for reference and use ...
Review of the Montevideo Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law 1981- 1991
(1991)
The following is an outline of the progress made in the 10 years since Montevideo towards achieving the objectives and strategies laid down by the meeting of Experts, in respect of the 3 major subject areas and the 8 other ...