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Vanadium in the Environment - MARC Report Number 2
(1976)
The purpose of this paper is to review the published literature on vanadium insofar as it relates to environmental problems. A summary is given of vanadium concentrations in soil, water, air, fossil fuels and biological ...
Suggestions for the Development of a Hazard Evaluation Procedure for Potentially Toxic Chemicals - MARC Report Number 3
(1976)
This document presents initial thinking on the development of a methodology designed to identify those chemicals being released into the environment which are likely to cause undue perturbations in essential biological processes.
Data Profiles for Chemicals for the evaluation of their Hazards to the Environment of the Mediterranean Sea Volume 1
(1978)
The present compendium of data profiles for chemicals for the evaluation of their hazards to the environment of the Mediterranean Sea is a first attempt by the International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (IRPTC) ...
Manual of Methods in Aquatic Environment Research Part 4 - Bases for Selecting Biological Tests to Evaluate Marine Pollution. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 164
(1977)
This Manual is the end product of the two sessions of the Working Party; proposals and recommendations received from the Expert Consultation were taken into account and are reflected herein. The Manual has been produced ...
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 ...
Oxides of Nitrogen - Environmental Health Criteria 4
(1977)
In the context of this criteria document, the term oxides of nitrogen is understood to include nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Other oxides of nitrogen which exist in the atmosphere are not known to have any ...
Mycotoxins - Environmental Health Criteria 11
(1979)
The present document contains an evaluation of health risks associated with four classes of mycotoxins. Aflatoxins are treated in most detail because more is known about them than about the other mycotoxins and because ...
Instructions for the Selection and Presentation of Data for the International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals with Sixty Illustrative Chemical Data Profiles
(1979)
In 1972 the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm, recommended that plans be developed for an
international registry of data on chemicals in the environment. In 1978, the Sixth Governing ...