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 The Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 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 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 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 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 Economic Instruments for the Virtual Elimination of Persistent Toxic Substances in the Great Lakes Basin written by International Joint Commission and published by Windsor, Ont. : International Joint Commission. This book was released on 1994 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report on Great Lakes Water Quality written by Great Lakes Water Quality Board and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Persistent Bioaccumulative and Toxic PBT Chemicals written by Adam D. K. Abelkop and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed from the efforts of a multiyear, international project examining how persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemicals are evaluated and managed, Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Chemicals: Technical Aspects, Policies, and Practices focuses on improving the processes that govern PBTs. Incorporating science and policy literature—as well as interviews and panel discussions featuring experts from around the world—this book provides you with an international perspective of PBT policies (centering on Europe, Asia, and North America), and reveals major findings and recommendations for improving PBT science, laws, and policies. It includes case studies of specific chemicals, provides an introduction to the overall subject of toxic chemicals, and weighs in on science and policy expansion for PBTs. It also provides summary tables of important PBTs, and discussions on the number of PBTs in commerce, weight of evidence approaches, market deselection, and international management. The text: Assesses the history, current practice, and future of PBT management Considers the roles scientific data, modeling, and conventions play in identifying and regulating PBTs Explores the number of PBTs in commerce and the growing role of weight of evidence (WOE) in the making of PBT determinations Identifies issues that are likely to come up in WOE judgments Examines international, national, subnational, and regional PBT policies Includes a comprehensive and easy-to-understand analysis of PBT science and policy This book reviews the current science, policies, and practices surrounding the regulation of PBTs. It also provides relevant research, recommendations, and suggestions for improving the management and oversight of PBTs.
Download or read book Great Lakes written by Velma I. Grover and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume while focusing on participatory governance in the Great Lakes basin of North America also gives a comparative perspective of the African Great Lakes. The book describes the actions taken at degraded locations along the Great Lakes in North America through Remedial Action Plans (RAP) and other mechanisms, with an aim to highlight the successes and failures encountered in ecosystembased regenerative approaches. The book documents these experiences including the lead taken by industry in improving environmental quality of the Great Lakes. The book concludes with lessons learnt about revitalizing the ecosystem integrity of the lakes, which can be replicated in other watersheds of the world.
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Download or read book Perspectives on Ecosystem Management for the Great Lakes written by Lynton K. Caldwell and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1988-07-08 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1978 Canada and the United States concluded an agreement for the protection and enhancement of water quality in the Great Lakes based on the ecosystem approach to management. Since ratification of this agreement, little progress has been made in practical application of this concept to basin-wide management for the Great Lakes. At the same time public concern for the quality of the Great Lakes and their future has risen dramatically. As a result, the need has arisen for a practical, authoritative explanation of the ecosystem concept. This volume, written by highly qualified authorities, addresses these important ecological, political, and economic issues in a systematic and informative manner. In this study, the ecosystem concept and its objectives are defined. The institutional structure that has evolved for governance of the Great Lakes, the need for a more effective governance structure, and prospects for rehabilitation of the Great Lakes Waters are crucial issues considered. The management question is the single most important policy question with respect to the Great Lakes and this is the only study available that brings together all pertinent information and provides steps for new and constructive management of the Great Lakes.
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Download or read book Introduction to Environmental Toxicology written by Wayne Landis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-12-16 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After fifteen years and three editions, Introduction to Environmental Toxicology: Molecular Substructures to Ecological Landscapes has become a standard that defines the field of environmental toxicology, and the fourth edition is no exception. The authors take an integrated approach to environmental toxicology that emphasizes scale and context as important factors in understanding effects and management options. New in the Fourth Edition: New author, Dr. Ruth M. Sofield 8-page color insert New chapter on fate and transport of contaminants Emphasis on the use of all types of models in understanding how nature works Revised sections on synergy and atrazine toxicity Updated coverage of the analysis of impacts to populations, communities and ecosystems Enlarged risk assessment chapter with an in-depth description of a regional scale risk assessment This edition benefits from the insight of a new author, Dr. Ruth M. Sofield, who prepared the new chapter on the fate and transport of contaminants. The relationship between structure and toxicological properties has been a major theme of this book since its inception and this new chapter expands this fundamental concept to include fate and transport. In the early chapters the use of models in science is discussed and this theme carries throughout the rest of the book. So much has changed in the fifteen years since the publication of the first edition. The mid-1990s seem so long ago, when our understanding of environmental toxicology was very basic. Ecological risk assessment was in its very early stages and the consideration of the effects of toxicants on landscapes was only beginning. Computation was still hard, genes stayed put, and it was only becoming recognized that xenobiotics could have hormonal effects — developments that are taken for granted in this edition. Written by authors who teach this subject, a feature that is reflected in their straightforward style, the book provides a foundation for understanding environmental toxicology and its application.
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Download or read book The Great Lakes Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
