Download or read book A Strategy for Virtual Elimination of Persistent Toxic Substances Appendices seven reports to the Virtual Elimination Task Force written by International Joint Commission. Virtual Elimination Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Strategy for Virtual Elimination of Persistent Toxic Substances Report of the Virtual Elimination Task Force to the International Joint Commission written by International Joint Commission. Virtual Elimination Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Virtual Elimination of Pollution from Toxic Substances written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ORIGINS OF THE CONCEPT The origins of the concept of virtual elimination are unclear, but it seems to have first appeared during final closed negotiations leading to the 1978 update to the 1972 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) between the United States and Canada.(1). [...] DEFINING VIRTUAL ELIMINATION By its Fifth Biennial Report to the Parties (1990), the IJC had become very concerned about the problem of toxic chemicals in the Great Lakes, and it urged the Parties to "take every available action to stop the inflow of persistent toxic substances into the Great Lakes environment." In 1991, the Commission set up a Virtual Elimination Task Force to investigate the req [...] Seen in this light, the Commission believes that virtual elimination is the necessary and reasonable goal, and zero discharge, or nil human input, is the necessary and not unreasonable tactic for achievement of the virtual elimination strategy.(8) THE BINATIONAL STRATEGY The IJC's Seventh Biennial Report adopted the Task Force's work in toto and further recommended that: Governments adopt a specif [...] The challenge reductions, therefore, do not amount in and of themselves to virtual elimination but are interim goals toward that end.(11) In Canada, the federal government and the Government of Ontario cooperate toward achieving the goals of the GLWQA through the Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem (COA). [...] Section 77(4) of CEPA 1999 makes virtual elimination mandatory: (4) Where the Ministers [i.e., the federal ministers of Environment and Health] propose to take the measure referred to in paragraph (2)(c) in respect of a substance and the Ministers are satisfied that (a) the substance is persistent and bioaccumulative in accordance with the regulations, (b) the presence of the substance in the envi.
Download or read book Virtual Elimination of Pollution from Toxic Substances written by Tim Williams and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bioindicators as a Measure of Success for Virtual Elimination of Persistent Toxic Substances written by International Joint Commission. Virtual Elimination Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Frames in the Toxicity Controversy written by Arnold Tukker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface When you write a book like this after ten years' working as an environmental specialist, you end up with something that reflects your career. Of course, when I started working at the Ministry of the Environment in the Netherlands, I could not foresee that I would now be at TNO, nor that I would have performed research into chlorine, PVC, waste, etc. , that would come to form the basis for this book. But step by step, with some coincidence and with the support of several people - who were probably unaware of the crucial role that, with hindsight, they played - I arrived at a position where I could start to consider this enterprise. At this point I shall try something dangerous - thanking a few of those people who gave that support. At the same time, it is obvious that I cannot mention them all. I hope that those whom I do not mention will forgive me. A first, crucial moment in this sequence of events came quite soon after I joined TNO in 1990. Just a few weeks later, all the senior staff in my section decided to leave in order to set up their own company. I decided to stay at TNO. As a consequence, I had to manage it on my own.
Download or read book Legislative and Regulatory Aspects of Virtual Elimination written by International Joint Commission. Virtual Elimination Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Quality in Lake Erie written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessment of the Virtual Elimination of Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Substances 1993 1998 written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1993, the reference year of the agreement, five of the eleven targeted substances were found in the effluents of 47 of the 106 priority plants encompassed by the agreement. [...] It also incorporates the quality of the watercourse at the source point of a contaminant and the characteristics of the discharge mixture in the watercourse. [...] Without taking sides in the debate over the definition of virtual elimination, the Protection component considered a substance's "virtual elimination" to be its "quasi elimination." Because of the component's scope, the target was limited to the virtual elimination of discharges in the effluent of the SLV 2000 priority industries. [...] From an environmental point of view, the promotion of and compliance with the Environmental Discharge Objectives by the end of SLV 2000 can be considered an enormous step towards the acceptance 4 and implementation of the virtual elimination of substances of concern. [...] However, the detection limit of the method used was not adequate to verify compliance with the EDOs so we do not know whether the first step towards the virtual elimination of PCBs in pulp and paper mills was completed.
Download or read book Eco Sanity written by Joseph L. Bast and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback--an easy-to-read primer of environmental dangers and the best way to address them.
Download or read book Waters and Water Rights written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Case Studies in Environmental Science written by Larry Underwood and published by Brooks Cole. This book was released on 1998 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case Studies in Environmental Science is designed to promote grassroots awareness of global environmental issues through problem-solving analysis and verbal and written discussion of topics that pertain to seven regions of the United States and Canada. The twelve case studies present a range of views on selected environmental issues in a non-biased approach. Thought-provoking questions, commentaries, and readings have been included to stimulate students to investigate the issues in further detail beyond the presentation of each case study. The accompanying website provides the students with the tools and resources to go beyond the confines of the book and their geographic region. Updated monthly, the site will provide up-to-date links to resources and articles for each case in each region. Summaries of significant events in each region and for each issue will be provided with additional Critical Thinking questions designed to demonstrate the interrelationships between regions and issues.
Download or read book Biennial Report Under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978 written by International Joint Commission and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessment of the Virtual Elimination of Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Substances 1993 98 written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the components of the St. Lawrence Action Plan has the objective of long-term virtual elimination of 11 persistent, bioaccumulative toxic substances in environmental discharges. This assessment document looks at progress made toward this objective. It begins with a list of the 11 targeted substances & their sources, as well as definitions of terms. It then explains the approach for calculating environmental discharge objectives and presents results of analyses of effluents from the industrial plants participating in the Plan. Results are compared between 1993 & 1998 for the following contaminants: polychlorinated biphenyls, benzo(a)pyrene, mercury, dioxins & furans, and hexachlorobenzene.
Download or read book Alternatives written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Governor s Task Force on Toxics Waste and Technology Final Report written by Californie. Governor's task force on toxics, waste and technology and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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