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Pollution with Hazardous Substances

2017
This chapter provides a short overview on the historical background of marine environmental pollution by hazardous substances and the measures implemented to minimize its amount and impact. In order to better understand the problems involved with contaminants in the marine environment, the basic common principles, e.g. their physico-chemical properties,
Norbert Theobald, Katja Broeg
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The BG Measurement System for Hazardous Substances (BGMG) and the Exposure Database of Hazardous Substances (MEGA) [PDF]

open access: possibleInternational Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2006
German employers' liability insurance associations or Berufsgenossenschaften (BGs)--institutions for statutory accident insurance--maintain a measurement system for hazardous substances, the so-called BGMG. The aim of the BGMG is to determine and document valid results of measurements of exposure primarily for prevention purposes.
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Environmentally Hazardous Substances [PDF]

open access: possible, 1999
Many substances of all hazard classes can affect the environment by polluting air, water, and land and causing physiological damage to human, animal, and plant life. The extraction of raw materials and use of their derivatives modifies the balance of the earth’s ecosystems.
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Control of hazardous substances

Facilities, 1990
Describes a project in which the construction of a new building was painstakingly monitored for the presence of hazardous materials. Considers the issue of quality control and the aim of creating as benign an environment as possible. Examines the close involvement of the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) in monitoring the project. Finally, looks
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Composting of Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Substances

1998
Composting has typically been used to treat agricultural wastes, yard wastes and sewage sludges which most often contain negligible concentrations of hazardous organic substances. Other wastes including household refuse, industrial wastes and hazardous wastes often contain greater concentrations of hazardous organic substances which could pose a threat
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Landfills as sinks for (hazardous) substances

Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 2012
The primary goal of waste regulations is to protect human health and the environment. This requires the removal from the material cycle of those materials that cannot be processed without harm. Policies to promote recycling hold a risk that pollutants are dispersed.
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Hazardous chemical substances in construction

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1999
Objectives: To determine, inter alia, the profusion of hazardous chemical substances (HCSs) in the construction industry, which materials are perceived to be hazardous by contractors and the frequency of their use, and the preventative measures taken by contractors to prevent exposure to the human body relative to current South African legislation ...
C. H. Wheeler, John Smallwood
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