Exploring the planetary boundary for chemical pollution

Environment International

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-15

  Diamond, Miriam L ^a   de Wit, Cynthia A ^b   Molander, Sverker ^c   Scheringer, Martin ^d,n   Backhaus, Thomas ^e   Lohmann, Rainer ^f   Arvidsson, Rickard ^c   Bergman, Åke ^g   Hauschild, Michael ^h   Holoubek, Ivan ⁱ   Persson, Linn ^j   Suzuki, Noriyuki ^k   Vighi, Marco ^l   Zetzsch, Cornelius ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^h Swedish Toxicology Sciences Research Center (Swetox)   (Sweden)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^j MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^k STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Chemical emissions; Chemical management; Chemical pollution; Ecosystem health protection; Global threshold; Human health protection; Planetary boundary; Pollution controls; Stockholm Convention; Tipping point

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHEMICAL EMISSIONS; CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT; CHEMICAL POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; GLOBAL THRESHOLD; HUMAN HEALTH; PLANETARY BOUNDARY; STOCKHOLM; TIPPING POINT;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; POLLUTION CONTROL; STOCKHOLM CONVENTION; SUSTAINABILITY;

AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; WASTE DISPOSAL; ANALYSIS; ASTRONOMY; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH; POLLUTANT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

POLLUTANT;

EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS;

EID: 84922439343     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.02.001     Document Type: Review

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