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 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 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 Persistent Toxic Substances written by International Joint Commission. Virtual Elimination Task Force, July 1990 and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Persistent Toxic Substances written by International Joint Commission and published by [Windsor, Ont.] : The Task Force. This book was released on 1991 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Technological Considerations Contributing to Development of a Strategy to Virtually Eliminate the Input of Persistent Toxic Substances to the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem written by International Joint Commission. Virtual Elimination Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 60 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 Canada United States Strategy for the Virtual Elimination of Persistent Toxic Substances in the Great Lakes Basin written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Focus on International Joint Commission Activities written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trends in Levels and Effects of Persistent Toxic Substances in the Great Lakes written by Michael Gilbertson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Are the Great Lakes getting better or worse?' This is the question that the public, scientists and managers are asking the International Joint Commission after a quarter-century of cooperative action by the United States and Canadian governments to clean up the Great Lakes. This volume contains papers from the workshop on Environmental Results, hosted in Windsor, Ontario, by the Great Lakes Science Advisory Board of the International Joint Commission, on September 12 and 13, 1996. The Great Lakes have been through almost a century of severe pollution from the manufacture, use and disposal of chemicals. In the 1960s wildlife biologists started to investigate the outbreaks of reproductive failure in fish-eating birds and ranch mink and to link these to exposure to organochlorine compounds. Human health researchers in the 1980s and 1990s linked growth retardation, behavioral anomalies and deficits in cognitive development with maternal consumption of Great Lakes fish prior to pregnancy. The Great Lakes became the laboratory where the theory of endocrine disruptors was first formulated. Now a group of Great Lakes scientists, hosted by the International Joint Commission, has compiled the story of the trends in the concentrations and effects of persistent toxic substances on wildlife and humans. The technical papers review the suitability of various organisms as indicators, and present the results of long-term monitoring of the concentrations and of the incidence of effects. The evidence shows that there was an enormous improvement in the late 1970s, but that in the late 1990s there are still concentrations of some persistent toxic substances that have stubbornly remained at levels that continue to cause toxicological effects.
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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 Water resources Investigations Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hidden in Plain Sight written by Cora J. Voyageur and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2011-10-08 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed and accessible Hidden in Plain Sight series showcases the extraordinary contributions made by Aboriginal peoples to Canadian identity and culture. This collection features new accounts of Aboriginal peoples working hard to improve their lives and those of other Canadians, and serves as a powerful contrast to narratives that emphasize themes of victimhood, displacement, and cultural disruption. In this second volume of the series, leading scholars and other experts pay tribute to the enduring influence of Aboriginal peoples on Canadian economic and community development, environmental initiatives, education, politics, and arts and culture. Interspersed are profiles of many significant Aboriginal figures, including singer-songwriter and educator Buffy Sainte-Marie, politician Elijah Harper, entrepreneur Dave Tuccaro, and musician Robbie Robertson. Hidden in Plain Sight continues to enrich and broaden our understandings of Aboriginal and Canadian history, while providing inspiration for a new generation of leaders and luminaries.
Download or read book The Foundation for Global Action on Persistent Organic Pollutants written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Marine Mammal Commission Compendium of Selected Treaties International Agreements and Other Relevant Documents on Marine Resources Wildlife and the Environment written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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