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Aluminum Industry and the Environment: Seminar Papers and Documents
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1975)
From the first session of the UNEP Governing Council, held in June 1973, the importance of environmental issues associated with industrial development was recognized and a programme of activities on environmental problems ...
An Introduction to the Exposure Commitment Concept with Reference to Environmental Mercury - MARC Report Number 12
(Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre, 1979)
When a toxic substance is released to the environment, it may not immediately reach and affect a population of sensitive receptors. This is particularly true if the substance must pass through a sequence of environmental ...
Atmospheric Pathways of Sulphur Compounds: A General Report - MARC Report Number 7
(1978)
This report broadly reviews the atmospheric transport of sulphur compounds on a regional scale. It lists estimates of present global emissions and summarizes present knowledge concerning transport models needed to estimate ...
Asian Regional Workshop on Environmental Training of Practising Civil Engineers: Final Report
(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1975)
Report of the workshop held at the faculty of engineering, university of malaya, kuala lumpur, 12-23 may 1975.
Aspects écologiques de l’industrie de l’aluminium: Une vue d’ensemble
(1977)
L'industrie de l'aluminium est l'un des principaux secteurs industriels retenus afin d'être examiné. Des consultations ont êté entreprises avec des experts nommés par les gouvernements, l'industrie et des organisations ...
Aspects écologiques de l’industrie des pâtes et papiers: Etude technique
(1977)
L'industrie des pates et papiers est l'un des principaux secteurs industnels retenus afin d'être examiné. Des consultations ont été entreprises avec des experts nommés par les gouvernements, l'industrie et des organisations ...
Arsenic and Tin in Foods: Reviews of Commonly Used Methods of Analysis (Revised September 1978)
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1979)
Arsenicals have been known for centuries to be toxic to all forms of life. The trivalent form of arsenic is considerably more toxic than the pentavalent form. The use of arsenic trioxide as a poison prompted investigations ...
The Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment
(1973)
The Conference on the Human Environment, held at Stockholm from June 5 to 16, 1972, was in many respects the most successful inter-national conference held in recent years. In a two-week period it adopted not only a basic ...
The State of the Environment: Selected Topics - 1977
(1977)
This is the first of the annual state of the environment reports which, instead of covering a broad range of environmental issues, focuses on a limited number of environmental problems of international importance - in this ...
Economic Impact of the Effects of Pollution on the Coastal Fisheries of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Regions of the United States of America - FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No.172
(1977)
This report reviews and evaluates the economic impact on the fisheries of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States of other human activities. Four types of impact were considered: production of oil and ...