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    Tracking Global Flows of E-Waste Additives by Using Substance Flow Analysis, with a Case Study in China

    The ongoing process of globalization and global trade of products have been an important topic in media as well as in social and economic science. Overlaid by the well-known global trade pathways for feedstock...

    H. Tien, S. Heise, X. Seguí, J. Casal in Global Risk-Based Management of Chemical A… (2013)

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    A Revision of Current Models for Environmental and Human Health Impact and Risk Assessment for Application to Emerging Chemicals

    Nowadays, we are living in the global circular economy, where products are produced, used, and finally disposed in different parts of the world. These products have a huge amount of additives, that in many cas...

    J. Rovira, M. Nadal, J. L. Domingo in Global Risk-Based Management of Chemical A… (2013)

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    Environmental Fate Models

    The environmental fate of chemicals describes the processes by which chemicals move and are transformed into the environment. Environmental fate processes that should be addressed include: persistence in air, ...

    N. Suciu, T. Tanaka, M. Trevisan in Global Risk-Based Management of Chemical A… (2013)

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    Human and Environmental Impact Produced by E-Waste Releases at Guiyu Region (China)

    Over the last decades, the amount of electronic waste (e-waste) has increased rapidly in the world. It has become one of the emerging problems of the twenty-first century. About 50–80% of e-waste from industri...

    N. Suciu, E. Capri, M. Trevisan, T. Tanaka in Global Risk-Based Management of Chemical A… (2013)

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    Additives in the Textile Industry

    Many different additives are used in the textile industry and each of them has its specific function: protection from ultraviolet light, oil, water repellency, etc. Clothing and textile products are produced, ...

    R. M. Darbra, J. R. González Dan, J. Casal in Global Risk-Based Management of Chemical A… (2012)

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    Monitoring Metals near a Hazardous Waste Incinerator. Temporal Trend in Soils and Herbage

    In recent years, incineration has been demonstrated to be a commercially available technology for hazardous waste (HW) disposal (Richter and Johnke, 2004). However, because of the potential adverse effects of tox...

    N. Ferré-Huguet, M. Nadal, M. Mari in Bulletin of Environmental Contamination an… (2007)

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    Trends in the Levels of Metals in Soils and Vegetation Samples Collected Near a Hazardous Waste Incinerator

    In 1998 and 2001, the levels of a number of elements (As, Be, Cd, Cr, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn, Tl, and V) were determined in 40 soil and 40 herbage samples collected near a new hazardous waste incinerator (HWI) (Co...

    M. Nadal, A. Bocio, M. Schuhmacher in Archives of Environmental Contamination an… (2005)

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    Health Risk Assessment of PCDD/PCDF Exposure for the Population Living in the Vicinity of a Municipal Waste Incinerator

    J. L. Domingo, M. C. Agramunt, M. Nadal in Archives of Environmental Contamination an… (2002)