Author: Joint Task Force on the Health Aspects of Long-range Transboundary Air PollutionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
Health Risks of Heavy Metals and Persistent Organic Pollutants from Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
Author: Joint Task Force on the Health Aspects of Long-range Transboundary Air PollutionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
Health Risks of Persistent Organic Pollutants from Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
Author: 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and Its 1998 Protocols on Persistent Organic Pollutants and Heavy Metals
Author: United Nations. Economic Commission for EuropePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Presents the complete 1998 protocols of the 1979 convention that shaped international environmental law. Defines and charts pollution sources and emission control measures. Lacks references and an index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Health Risks of Heavy Metals from Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
Author: Health Risks of Heavy Metals from Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
Author: Joint Task Force on the Health Aspects of Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (9th : 2006 : Berlin)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Saltsjöbaden V - Taking international air pollution policies into the future
Author: Peringe GrennfeltPublisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN: 9289326425
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
24-26 June 2013, 130 leading international policy makers, scientists, experts and others met at an international workshop in Gothenburg, Sweden, in order to discuss and outline future directions in air pollution science and policy. The workshop, which was organised in close collaboration with the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and the European Commission, involved several themes such as linkages to climate change including SLCP, nitrogen, global governance and effects to health and environment. The output is a series of recommendations for further actions with respect to effects to health, ecosystems and near-term climate actions. Recommendations were also given with respect to heavy metals and POPs. The recommendations are directed towards several international organisations and initiatives such as CLRTAP, European Commission, Climate and Clean Air Coalition and the Arctic Council.
Environmental Heavy Metal Pollution and Effects on Child Mental Development
Author: Lubomir I. SimeonovPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400702523
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Heavy metals can be emitted into environment by both natural and anthropogenic sources, mainly mining and industrial activity. Human exposure occurs through all environmental media. Infants are more susceptible to the adverse effects of exposure. Increasing attention is now being paid to the mental development of children exposed to heavy metals. The purpose of this book is to evaluate the existing knowledge on intellectual impairment in children exposed to heavy metals in their living environment and to identify the research needs in order to obtain a clearer picture of the situation in countries and regions at risk, in which the economy is closely related to metallurgy and heavy metals emission, and to recommend a strategy for human protection. In greater detail the main objectives could be formulated as follows: to review the principal sources of single, and complex mixtures of, heavy metal pollutants in the environment; to identify suitable methodology for chemical analyses in the environment and in humans; to evaluate the existing methods for measuring mental impairment, including their reliability and validity; to recommend a standard testing protocol to be used in future research; to assess the future role of environmental heavy metal pollution in countries and regions at risk and its effects on children’s neurological development; to recommend a prevention strategy for protecting children’s health and development.
Heavy Metals
Author: Sivakumaran SIVARAMANANPublisher:
ISBN: 9781976932489
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Heavy metal pollution due to various sources such as from agro chemicals, ballast water, electronic waste, vehicle exhaust, industrial effluents, coal power plants, sludge wastes, medicinal chemicals, laboratory waste and domestic wastes are become a major threat to the environment. WHO has found there is a health risk due to long-range transboundary air pollutants containing heavy metals. Arsenic, Beryllium, radium, chromium and cadmium are well known carcinogens. Some of them(As and Cd) found in well waters (north central province of Sri Lanka, India, Korea, Chile and Bangladesh) or surface water bodies (Chile, Africa, China India and Bangladesh)which are in close proximity with agricultural lands or industrial zones or waste dumping areas (chemical or electronic). Several acute and chronic effects are being recorded. This book reviews heavy metals, sources, effects and remediation techniques in general.
Low risks, high public concern?
Author: Roland W. Scholz (Social psychologist, Ecologist, Germany, Switzerland)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Global Sources of Local Pollution
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309144019
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Recent advances in air pollution monitoring and modeling capabilities have made it possible to show that air pollution can be transported long distances and that adverse impacts of emitted pollutants cannot be confined to one country or even one continent. Pollutants from traffic, cooking stoves, and factories emitted half a world away can make the air we inhale today more hazardous for our health. The relative importance of this "imported" pollution is likely to increase, as emissions in developing countries grow, and air quality standards in industrial countries are tightened. Global Sources of Local Pollution examines the impact of the long-range transport of four key air pollutants (ozone, particulate matter, mercury, and persistent organic pollutants) on air quality and pollutant deposition in the United States. It also explores the environmental impacts of U.S. emissions on other parts of the world. The book recommends that the United States work with the international community to develop an integrated system for determining pollution sources and impacts and to design effective response strategies. This book will be useful to international, federal, state, and local policy makers responsible for understanding and managing air pollution and its impacts on human health and well-being.