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Health Effects of Methylmercury - MARC Report Number 24
(1981)This study critically reviews recent data relating to the health effects of methylmercury in man and the attendant dose-response relationships. New data obtained from animal studies are also examined, including pre- and ... -
Health Issues in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining: Training for Health Professionals Version 1
(2014)This document was created to guide the training of health practitioners on certain health risks that are common in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector. -
Healthy environment, healthy people
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016)The factsheets highlights Why addressing the links between environment and health is important and why it matters -
Healthy Planet, Healthy People - Our Planet May 2015
(2015)Perhaps nowhere is the importance of a well-managed environment as clear as in human health”, write Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Margaret Chan, Director-General ... -
Hepatic Mixed Function Oxidase Induction in Fish as an Environmental Monitoring Technique - Reference Methods For Marine Pollution Studies No. 60
(1992)This Reference Method was designed to provide the user with reliable techniques for the determination of certain specific biological effects of chemical contaminants. This is the first in a series of techniques which are ... -
Heptachlor - Environmental Health Criteria 38
(1984)Heptachlor is a white crystalline solid with a mild camphor odour. It is used as an insecticide. Gas chromatography with electron capture detection is the method most commonly used for heptachlor determination. Heptachlor ... -
Here and now! education for sustainable consumption: recommendations and guidelines
(UNEP, 2010)Despite increased awareness of the human impact on the environment and a greater focus on personal as well as global consequences of individual lifestyle choices, sustainable development and sustainable consumption are ... -
Hexachlorobenzene - Environmental Health Criteria 195
(1997)Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is a chlorinated organic compound with moderate volatility. It is practically insoluble in water, but is highly lipid-soluble and bioaccumulative. Technical grade HCB contains up to 2% impurities, ... -
Hexachlorobenzene Health and Safety Guide - Health and Safety Guide 107
(1998)At ambient temperature, HCB is a white crystalline solid. Technical grade HCB is available as a wettable powder, liquid or dust. It is virtually insoluble in water, but is soluble in ether, benzene, chloroform and hot ... -
Hexachlorobutadiene - Environmental Health Criteria 156
(1994)Hexachlorobutadiene is a non-flammable, incombustible, clear, oily and colourless liquid at ordinary temperature and pressure. It is poorly soluble in water but miscible with ether and ethanol. Hexachlorobutadiene is not ... -
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene Health and Safety Guide - Health and Safety Guide 63
(1991)Pure hexachiorocyclopentadiene (HEX) is a light, lemon-yellow liquid that has a pungent, musty odour. The odour threshold is reported to be 0.0014-0.0016 mg/m3. HEX is highly reactive and volatile at low temperatures. ... -
HFC Baselines and Phase-down Timetable - OzonAction Kigali Fact Sheet 5
(2017)This fact sheet shows the four country groupings under the Kigali Amendment and provides a summary of the timetables and explains how to calculate the HFC baseline. -
HFCs: a critical link in protecting climate and the ozone layer
(UNEP, 2011)This report describes the linkages between hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) emissions, climate protection, and protection of the ozone layer. -
Hg Mercury - Factsheet
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High and Dry: Mediterranean Climate in the Twenty-first Century
(1989)This booklet summarizes their discussions and their recommendations, and presents some of the issues involved in predicting climate change and its effects. It will focus on the Mediterranean - why it is important, why it ... -
High mountain glaciers and climate change: challenges to human livelihoods and adaptation
(UNEP, 2010)Climate change is causing significant mass loss of glaciers in high mountains worldwide. Although glacier systems show a great amount of inherent complexity and variation, there are clear overall trends indicating global ... -
High-Performance Liquid Chromatography in the Analysis of Mycotoxins
(1984)The continuous improvement of adsorbents' quality and performance of the chromatographic equipment for their maxima] adaptation to the requirements of the column chromatography theory resulted in the creation of a qualitatively ... -
Highlights from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011 - Iraq
(2012)This is the final report of the fourth round of the Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey (MICS4) carried out in Iraq. MICS4 surveys have been conducted in around fifty countries throughout the world. The sample of the survey ... -
History of environmental change in the Sistan Basin: Based on satellite image analysis: 1976 – 2005
(2006)The main objective of this study is to gain insight into the environmental dynamics of the Sistan basin, based on a systematic analysis of archived and recent satellite images.