Are reductions in industrial organic contaminants emissions in rich countries achieved partly by export of toxic wastes?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 9154-9160

  Breivik, Knut ^a,b   Gioia, Rosalinda ^c   Chakraborty, Paromita ^d   Zhang, Gan ^d   Jones, Kevin C ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; EMISSION REDUCTION; GLOBAL SCALE; HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT; HUMAN HEALTH; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OBSOLETE PRODUCTS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT;

CONTAMINATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FLAME RETARDANTS; INDUSTRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTES;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

INDUSTRIAL TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

AFRICA; ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 80055067187     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202320c     Document Type: Article

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