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Toxic substances

Are Businesses Ready to Beat Plastic Pollution?

Millions of tonnes of plastic waste leaks into the world’s oceans every year. Though these are local, the problem of plastic production, waste generation, and plastic pollution is global. Global plastic production has increased steadily and has reached 320 million tonnes a year. Of the estimated 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic produced since the 1950s, only 9 percent has been recycled and another 12 percent incinerated.

Author Name: Satyarupa Shekhar, Director – Urban Governance at Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG), and Dharmesh Shah, an independent policy researcher.
Region: Asia-Pacific
Year of publication : 2019
Document Type: Report&Data

Trichloroethylene (TCE)

Factsheet on Trichloroethylene (TCE) by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/trichloroethylene.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals

There is growing interest in the possible health threat posed by endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which are substances in our environment, food, and consumer products that interfere with hormone biosynthesis, metabolism, or action resulting in a deviation from normal homeostatic control or reproduction.

Author Name: The Endocrine Society, Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Linda C. Giudice, Russ Hauser, Gail S. Prins, Ana M. Soto, R. Thomas Zoeller, Andrea C. Gore
Year of publication : 2009
Document Type: Report&Data

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's)

Factsheet on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's) by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/VOCs.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Carbon tetrachloride

Factsheet on Carbon tetrachloride by Groundwork. Original Url: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/carbon_tetrachloride.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Carbon Monoxide (CO)

Factsheet on Carbon Monoxide (CO) by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/carbon_monoxide.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Carbon disulphide

Factsheet on Carbon disulphide by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/carbon_disulphide.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Cadmium

Factsheet on Cadmium by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/cadmium.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

2-Butanone

Factsheet on 2-Butanone by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/butanone.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Bromodichloromethane

Factsheet on Bromodichloromethane by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/bromodichloromethane.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Benzene

Factsheet on Benzene by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/benzene.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Region: North America
Document Type: Factsheet

Acetone

Factsheet on Acetone by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/acetone.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Region: North America
Document Type: Factsheet

What is mercury?

Groundwork's short note on mercury. Explains how the exposure can take place, what kind of health impacts can be occurred, what to do in the event of mercury spill etc. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/FactSheets/mercury.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

1,2-Dichloroethane

Factsheet on 1,2-Dichloroethane. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/dichloroethane.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Dioxins and furans

Factsheet on Dioxins (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins or PCDD) and furans (polychlorinated dibenzofurans or PCDF) by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/dioxins_and_furans.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)

Factsheet on Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) by Groundwork. Original Url: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/sulphur_dioxide.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Styrene

Factsheet on Styrene by Groundwork. Original Url: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/styrene.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

Factsheet on Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/polyvinyl_chloride.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Particulate Matter (PM)

Factsheet on Particulate matter (including total suspended particulates, PM10 & PM2.5). Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/particulate_matter.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Ozone

Factsheet on Ozone by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/ozone.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Nitrogen oxides (NOx)

Factsheet on Oxides of nitrogen (including nitrogen oxide &nitrogen dioxide) by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/nitrogen_oxides.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Mixed Xylenes

Factsheet on Mixed Xylenes by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/mixed_xylenes.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Methylene Chloride

Factsheet on Methylene Chloride by Groundwork. Original Url: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/methylene_chloride.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Mercury

Factsheet on Mercury by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/mercury.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Mercaptans

Factsheet on Mercaptans (methyl and ethyl mercaptan) by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/mercaptans.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Hydrogen sulphide

Factsheet on Hydrogen sulphide by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/hydrogen_sulphide.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Ethyl benzene

Factsheet on Ethyl benzene by Groundwork. Original Url: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/ethyl_benzene.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet

Lead

Factsheet on Lead by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/lead.html

Author Name: GroundWork South Africa, Friends of the Earth South Africa
Document Type: Factsheet