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The State of the World Environment 1987
(1987)
Over the past five years, there has been a marked improvement in the quality of the data base in certain fields and in our understanding of some environmental phenomena like the possible depletion of the ozone layer or the ...
Environmental Aspects of Nickel Production: Part I. Sulphide Pyrometallurgy and Nickel Refining - A Technical Review
(1987)
This technical review covers the most comnionly used methods of extractive metallurgy and the equipment to produce nickel and nickel products. It is divided into two parts:
Environmental Aspects of Nickel Production - ...
The Greenhouse Gases - UNEP/GEMS Environment Library No. 1
(1987)
The Earth's climate, over the millennia of its existence, has been shaped by the cosmic forces of nature—by the cooling of the Earth's core, variations in the intensity of the Sun, changes in the tilt of our planet. These ...
Bioenergy Tree Plantations in the Tropics: Ecological Implications and Impacts - Commission on Ecology Papers Number 12
(International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1987)
Report of the Workshop on Chemical Hazards for African Countries, Nairobi, September 14-18, 1987
(1987)
The workshop was held to review and assess the magnitude of chemical hazards in Africa; to review and assess the current status of capabilities for dealing with these hazards; to explore possibilities for co-operation ...
Climate Crisis: The Societal Impacts Associated with the 1982-83 Worldwide Climate Anomalies
(1987)
Report based on the workshop on the Economic and Societal Impacts Associated with the 1982-83 Worldwide Climate Anomalies, 11-13 November 1985, Lugano, Switzerland, organized and financed by the United Nations Environment ...
Toluene Diisocyanates - Environmental Health Criteria 75
(1987)
Toluene diisocyanates (TDIs) are synthetic organic chemicals of low relative molecular mass (174.17). They are colourless to pale yellow liquids, at room temperature, with a distinct pungent odour detectable around 0.7 ...
Magnetic Fields - Environmental Health Criteria 69
(1987)
This document comprises a review of data of effects of magnetic field exposure on biological systems, pertinent to the evaluation of health risks for man. The purpose of the document is to provide an overview of the known ...
Diaminotoluenes - Environmental Health Criteria 74
(1987)
Diaminotoluenes are synthetic aromatic aimines (total of 6 isomers). The isolated, purified isomers are colourless crystals, while the commercial isomeric mixtures are light yellow to tan (Meta-diaminotoluene), or light ...
Pentachlorophenol - Environmental Health Criteria 71
(1987)
Pure pentachlorophenol (PCP) consists of light tan to white, needlelike crystals and is relatively volatile. It is soluble in most organic solvents, but practically insoluble in water at the slightly acidic pH generated ...