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Methanol Health and Safety Guide - Health and Safety Guide 105
(1997)
Methanol is a colourless, polar, volatile, flammable liquid with a mild alcoholic odour when pure. It decomposes on heating producing carbon monoxide and formaldehyde. Methanol reacts violently with oxidizing materials ...
Diflubenzuron Health and Safety Guide 99
(1995)
Diflubenzuron is an odourless, white, crystalline solid. It is almost insoluble in water and poorly soluble in apolar organic solvents. In polar to very polar solvents, the solubility is moderate to good, e.g., in acetone ...
Methomyl - Environmental Health Criteria 178
(1996)
Methomyl is a white crystalline solid with a melting point of 77 °C and a vapour pressure of 0.72 mPa (25°C ). Its solubility in water is 54.7 g/litre and its octanol/water partition coefficient (K) is 1.24. It is stable ...
Nairobi + 10 : Mycotoxins 1987 - Report of the Second Joint FAO/WHO/IJNEP International Conference on Mycotoxins
(1988)
The magnitude of the problem is such that in 1975 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution calling on Governments and international organizations to make efforts to reduce food losses in developing ...
Phosgene Health and Safety Guide - Health and Safety Guide 106
(1998)
This is a companion volume to Environmental Health Criteria 193: Phosgene. Phosgene is a colourless gas at room temperature and standard pressure. It has a suffocating odour similar to mouldy hay. Although the odour of ...
Strategies and Recommendations for Mycotoxin Control in Tanzania
(1989)
At present, a new branch of biology is rapidly developing, namely mycotoxicology which is the science dealing with toxic metabolites of microscopic fungi (moulds) mycotoxins. The problem of mycotoxins attracts such a great ...
The Health Effects of Aromatic Amines: A Review - MARC Report Number 35
(1986)
This review discusses the current slate of knowledge regarding the potential human health hazard following exposure to aromatic amines.
Mineral Fertilizer Use and the Environment
(1998)
This document aims to present a balanced view of, on the one hand, the benefits of using mineral fertilizers and on the other hand the environmental risks involved. This review presents the evidence supporting the view ...