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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...

Beryllium is a steel-grey, brittle metal, existing naturally only as the 9Be isotope. Its compounds are divalent. Beryllium has several unique properties. It is the lightest of...

Knowledge about aflatoxine has developed during an era of increasing awareness of the importance of natural as well as man-made chemicals as environmental contaminants

2-Propanol is a colourless highly flammable liquid with an odour resembling that of a mixture of ethanol and acetone. The compound is completely miscible with water, ethanol,...

Training activities on food contamination control and monitoring with special reference to mycotoxins

This survey of the literature on lead in soil discusses methods of estimation of total and available lead in soils, the relationships between soil properties and the uptake of...

1-Propanol is a colourless, highly flammable liquid that is volatile at room temperature and normal atmospheric pressure. It is miscible with water and organic solvents....

This is a companion volume to Environmental Health Criteria 82: Cypermethrin. The Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) documents produced by the International Programme on...

This chapter looks at the costs to the sector under a “business-as-usual” scenario and offers a number of strategic approaches to encourage green manufacturing investments in...

Technical dichlorvos is a colourless to amber liquid with a mild chemical odour. It is hydrolysed by water at a rate of 3% per day at room temperature. It is corrosive to iron...

Mercury is a metal which is liquid at normal temperatures and pressures. It forms salts in two ionic states mercury(I) and mercury (II). Mercury (II), or mercuric, salts are...

This is a companion volume to Environmental Health Criteria 193: Phosgene. Phosgene is a colourless gas at room temperature and standard pressure. It has a suffocating odour...

Aldicarb has a slight sulfur smell. It has a melting point of 100 °C and a specific gravity of 1.195 at 25 °C. it is soluble in water, sensitive to heat, and relatively...

In 1972 the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm, recommended that plans be developed for an international registry of data on chemicals in the...

UNEP is a committed partner in the region's environmental initiatives, taking a major role in converting the global programme and activities of UNEP to respond to the needs of...

A WHO Task Group on Environmental Health Criteria for Lead met in Geneva from 29 April to 5 May 1975. The Task Group reviewed and revised the second draft criteria document and...

More than 32 years ago, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring appeared upon the scene as a landmark of literary achievement which contributed greatly to the foundation of the modern...

Stories told by the people behind the Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) UNEP/GEF project: “Women who are breast feeding their first-born are...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is pleased to present you the ACP MEAs 3 Digest that provides a collation of key information on issues related to Multilateral...

During the period January – March 2021, the ACPMEAs 3 programme started to re-invent itself by not just delivering a set of activities in the three regions but by making the...