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Quintozene Health and Safety Guide - Health and Safety Guide No. 23
(1989)
Quintozene is a pale yellow-to-white (depending on the purity) solid with a musty odour and a melting point of 142-146 C. It is soluble in carbon disulfide, benzene, chloroform, ketones, and aromatic and chlorinated ...
Employers’ Organisations and the Working Environment
(1983)
The second item on the agenda of the ILO/UNEP Regional Meeting of Employers' Organisations on Environment and Development in Africa is devoted to the working environment. The present document is intended to serve as ...
Environmental Training Course for Employers' Organisations - Module 5: Pollution Prevention Pays
(1980)
Environmental protection often Involves Costs to the enterprise. In the first four units, we have analysed the reasons why these costs must be accepted, how to minimize them, how to anticipate and plan for effective ...
Environmental management training 4: Environmental Management Game
(1986)
This is the operator's manual for a short environmental management game (SEMG) on man and his environment that simulates events highlighting environmental issues and concerns.
Methylene Chloride - Environmental Health Criteria 32
(1984)
The document focuses on describing and evaluating the risks of methylene chloride for human health and the environment.
Methylene chloride (dichloromethane) is widely used as a multi-purpose solvent and paint remover. ...
Ultrasound - Environmental Health Criteria 22
(1982)
This document comprises a review of data, which are concerned with the effects of ultrasound exposure on biological systems, and are pertinent to the evaluation of health risks for man. The purpose of this criteria document ...
2, 4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D) - Environmental Health Criteria 29
(1984)
All exposure determinations and risk assessments ultimately depend on accurate chemical analyses, and therefore some critical aspects of analysis for 2,4-D residues have been included in the present document. The available ...
Principles for the Safety Assessment of Food Additives and Contaminants in Food - Environmental Health Criteria 70
(1987)
This publication is concerned with reviewing the basis for decision-making by the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health ...
Quintozene - Environmental Health Criteria 41
(1984)
Technical quintozene (pentachloronitrobenzene) is a white solid with a musty odour, that, is used in formulation as a soil fungicide and as a seed dressing. Hexachlorobenzene is a possible major contaminant in technical ...
Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Fields - Environmental Health Criteria 35
(1984)
This document comprises a review of data on the effects of ELF fields, predominantly ELF electric fields at 50 and 60 Hz, on biological systems pertinent to the evaluation of health risks for man. The purpose of the document ...