Browsing Publications and Documents by Subject "CADMIUM"
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Arsenic - Environmental Health Criteria 18
(1981)Arsenic is a ubiquitous element with metalloid properties. Its chemistry is complex and there are many different compounds of both inorganic and organic arsenic. In nature, it is widely distributed in a number of minerals, ... -
Assessment of Dietary of Chemical Contaminants
(1992)This report is an assessment of global data reported on estimated total dietary intakes of pesticides, PCBs, lead, cadmium and mercury for the 1980s. The data submitted to GEMS/Food are the major source of information for ... -
Assessment of Human Exposure to Lead and Cadmium through Biological Monitoring
(1982)This paper describes the development and results of the metals component of the UNEP/WHO Pilot Project on Assessment of Human Exposure to Pollutants through Biological Monitoring. This project was carried out within the ... -
Biogeochemical Cycles of Specific Pollutants (Activity K)
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1989)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) convened an Intergovernmental Meeting on the Protection of the Mediterranean (Barcelona, 28 January - 4 February 1975), which was attended by representatives of 16 States ... -
Cadmium Exposure and Indicators of Kidney Function - MARC Report Number 29
(1983)This report aims to establish the relationship between cadmium dose and early indications of renal dysfunction in humans and utilizes this relationship to suggest acceptable exposure levels to the metal. Data from ... -
Cadmium in the European Community: A Prospective Assessment of Sources, Human Exposure and Environmental Impact – MARC Report Number 26
(1982)This study quantifies the sources of cadmium in the European Community (EC), reviews the concentrations found in the physical environment and its biotic components, and assesses current and future human exposure in the ... -
The Contamination of Food
(1992)The GEMS/Food monitoring programme aims not only to protect public health, but to promote confidence in the purity of foodstuffs through international information exchange on food contamination, and thus encourage international ... -
Determination of Total Cadmium, Zinc, Lead and Copper in Selected Marine Organisms by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. Reference Methods for Marine Pollution Studies No. 11 Rev. 1
(1984)This reference method describes the determination of tot8l cadmium, total copper, total lead and total zinc in biological material by atomic absortion spectrophotometry after the organic matter has been decomposed by wet ... -
Determination of Total Dissolved Cadmium in Sea-Water by Differential Pulse Anodic Stripping Voltammetry - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 18
(1983)This reference method describes an electrochemical technique for the determination of total dissolved cadmium in sea and estuarine waters. Detection limit is 1 ng of cadmium per kilogram of sea-water using a mercury film ... -
Exposure Commitment Assessments of Environmental Pollutants Volume 1 Number 1: Exposure Commitment Concepts and Application; Summary Exposure Assessments for Lead, Cadmium and Arsenic - MARC Report Number 23
(1981)This paper gives the definitions, notation, and basic concepts of the method and briefly discusses the application to the transfer of pollutants from sources to man. Exposure commitments give a basis for comparing contributions ... -
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 ... -
Final Review of Scientific Information on Cadmium - Version of December 2010
(2010)The review responds to Governing Council Decision 23/9 III and 24/3 III. It compiles and provides an overview of evaluations, assessments and authoritative reviews already made and conclusions already drawn by the scientific ... -
Guidelines on Studies in Environmental Epidemiology - Environmental Health Criteria 27
(1983)The present monograph should serve as a useful guide to the conduct of epidemiological studies on the effects of non—biological agents on the health of human communities. An epidemiological investigation would involve not ... -
Joint FAO/WHO Food and Animal Feed Contamination Monitoring Programme: Summary of Data Received from Collaborating Centres 1977 to 1980 Part B - Contaminants
(1981)Residue data on several contaminants (organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, lead, cadmium, and aflatoxins) in selected foods were collected from designated Collaborating Centres in twenty countries during a preliminary or ... -
Procedures and Methods for Integrated Global Background Monitoring of Environmental Pollution
(1987)The aim of the present paper is to formulate the basic principles of integrated background monitoring, and to describe procedures and methods of integrated background monitoring with respect to observation of background ... -
Water Quality Criteria for European Freshwater Fish: Report on Cadmium and Freshwater Fish - European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission Technical Paper No. 30
(1977)This is the eleventh technical paper on water quality criteria for European freshwater fish, for the European Inland. Fisheries Advisory Commission (EIFAC) - an inter-governmental organization with a membership of 23 ...