Persistent Organic Pollutants : Backyards to Borders

Chemicals are used in the production of many items that we depend on every day. Evidence demonstrates that certain organic chemicals are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic and that these chemicals cause long-term harm to the health of human bein...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Environmental Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AIR AIR POLLUTANTS ATMOSPHERE AUDITS BOUNDARIES CANCER CARBON CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES CHEMICALS CIVIL SOCIETY CO COMBUSTION CONSTRAINT CONTAINMENT CONVENTION COST EFFECTIVENESS CREMATION CREMATORIA DDT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DIOXIN DIOXINS DISTILLATION DOSE DWELLING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECOSYSTEM EFFECTIVE USE ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTS FARMING COMMUNITIES FEASIBILITY STUDY FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISH FOUNDATIONS FUNGICIDES GAS GREENHOUSE GASES HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH PROBLEMS HEAVY METALS HORMONES HOUSEHOLDS IMMUNE SYSTEM INCINERATION INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION INFANT HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE INSECTICIDE INSECTICIDES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL LEVELS INTERVENTIONS LAKES MEETING MODALITIES MONTREAL MONTREAL PROTOCOL NATIONS NEEDS ASSESSMENT NEGOTIATIONS NUTRITION OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH OIL ORGANIC CHEMICALS ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ORGANIC POLLUTANTS OZONE OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES PCB PESTICIDE PESTICIDES PILOT PROJECT POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS POLYMER POWER PLANTS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT SELECTION RAIN RECYCLING REGIONAL COOPERATION REHABILITATION RISK MANAGEMENT SAFETY SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SEDIMENTS SNOW SOILS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEMPERATE REGIONS TEMPERATURE TOXIC CHEMICALS TOXIC METALS TOXIC SUBSTANCES TOXICS UNEP UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME URBAN AIR POLLUTION WASTE WASTE MANAGEMENT WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/16338136/persistent-organic-pollutants-backyards-borders http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14896

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/16338136/persistent-organic-pollutants-backyards-borders
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14896

Persistent Organic Pollutants : Backyards to Borders

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