Multi-generation health risks of persistent organic pollution in the far north: Use of the precautionary approach in the Stockholm Convention

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-353

  Godduhn, Anna ^a   Duffy, Lawrence K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Endocrine disruption; Impact of mitigation policies; International ethics; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Precautionary principle; Risk assessment; Stockholm Convention; Subarctic; Transboundary pollution

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ALDRIN; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ENDRIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; MIREX; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ARCTIC; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GENETIC REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWEDEN; TERATOGENICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0043199863     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(03)00061-3     Document Type: Article

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