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Permethrin - Environmental Health Criteria 94
Permethrin was first synthesized in 1973 and marketed in 1977 as a photostable pyrethroid. Approximately 600 tonnes per year of permethrin is at present used world-wide, mostly... -
Chlorophenols other than Pentachlorophenol - Environmental Health Criteria 93
Chlorophenols (CPs) are organic chemicals formed from phenol (1-hydroxybenzene) by substitution in the phenol ring with one or more atoms of chlorine. Nineteen congeners are... -
Aldrin and Dieldrin - Environmental Health Criteria 91
Aldrin and dieldrin are the common names of insecticides containing 95% HHDN and 85% HEOD, respectively. Throughout this monograph the names aldrin and dieldrin are used,... -
A Guide to Cooperation on the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
This short booklet briefly outlines various concrete and practical ways of achieving the desired synergies. It is based on a series of regional and sub-regional workshops... -
Formaldehyde - Environmental Health Criteria 89
Formaldehyde is a flammable, colourless and readily polymerized gas at ambient temperatures. The most common commercially available form is a 30-50% aqueous solution.... -
Polychlorinated Dibenzo-Para-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans - Environmental...
Polychlorinated dibenzo—p—dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) are two series of tricyclic aromatic compounds with similar chemical and physical properties;... -
DDT and its Derivatives: Environmental Aspects - Environmental Health Criteria 83
It is the aim of this document to take the ecotoxicologist's point of view and consider effects on populations of organisms in the environment. The risk to human health of the... -
Cypermethrin - Environmental Health Criteria 82
Cypermethrin was initially synthesized in 1974 and first marketed in 1977 as a highly active synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, effective against a wide range of pests in... -
Vanadium - Environmental Health Criteria 81
?letaliic vanadium does not occur in nature. Over 70 vanadium minerals are known, carnatite and vanadinite being the most important from the point of view of mining. Production... -
Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids - Environmental Health Criteria 80
This document is aimed at focusing on a health menace that is insufficiently recognized, in order to evaluate the health risks on the basis of published data, and to draft a set... -
Dichlorvos - Environmental Health Criteria 79
Dichlorvos, an organophosphate, is a direct-acting cholinesterase (ChE)l inhibitor. Since 1961, it has been commercially manufactured and used throughout the world as a contact... -
Partnership Initiative for the Integration of Sound Management of Chemicals...
The primary objective of the Partnership Initiative is to facilitate the integration of sound management of chemicals into national development planning processes in order to... -
Dithiocarbamate Pesticides, Ethylenethiourea, and Propylenethiourea: A...
The dithiocarbamates included in this review are those that are mainly used in agriculture and form part of the large group of synthetic organic pesticides that have been... -
Man-made Mineral Fibres - Environmental Health Criteria 77
Man-made mineral fibres (MMMF), most of which are referred to as man-made vitreous fibres (MMVF), are amorphous silicates manufactured from glass, rock, or other minerals, which... -
Toluene Diisocyanates - Environmental Health Criteria 75
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... -
Chemicals Control: Contributing to National Progress and Safety
This publication aims to support decision makers in their efforts to establish legal frameworks for chemicals control and the work of government officials involved in building... -
Diaminotoluenes - Environmental Health Criteria 74
Diaminotoluenes are synthetic aromatic aimines (total of 6 isomers). The isolated, purified isomers are colourless crystals, while the commercial isomeric mixtures are light... -
Biological Tests for Indication of Mycotoxins
Training activities on food contamination control and monitoring with special reference to mycotoxins -
Phosphine and Selected Metal Phosphides - Environmental Health Criteria 73
Phosphine, or hydrogen phosphide, is a colourless gas which is odourless when pure, but the technical product usually has a foul odour, described as "fishy or "garlicky",... -
Chloralkali Project - Uruguay: Final Report [Draft]
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