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.
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Toxic substances
Factsheet on Trichloroethylene (TCE) by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/trichloroethylene.html
Document Type: Factsheet
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.
Year of publication : 2009
Document Type: Report&Data
Factsheet on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's) by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/VOCs.html
Document Type: Factsheet
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
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) by Groundwork. Original Url: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/sulphur_dioxide.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Styrene by Groundwork. Original Url: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/styrene.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/polyvinyl_chloride.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Particulate matter (including total suspended particulates, PM10 & PM2.5). Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/particulate_matter.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Ozone by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/ozone.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Oxides of nitrogen (including nitrogen oxide &nitrogen dioxide) by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/nitrogen_oxides.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Mixed Xylenes by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/mixed_xylenes.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Methylene Chloride by Groundwork. Original Url: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/methylene_chloride.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Mercury by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/mercury.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Mercaptans (methyl and ethyl mercaptan) by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/mercaptans.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Hydrogen sulphide by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/hydrogen_sulphide.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Ethyl benzene by Groundwork. Original Url: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/ethyl_benzene.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Lead by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/lead.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Carbon tetrachloride by Groundwork. Original Url: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/carbon_tetrachloride.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Carbon Monoxide (CO) by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/carbon_monoxide.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Carbon disulphide by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/carbon_disulphide.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Cadmium by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/cadmium.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on 2-Butanone by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/butanone.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Bromodichloromethane by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/bromodichloromethane.html
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Benzene by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/benzene.html
Region: North America
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on Acetone by Groundwork. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/acetone.html
Region: North America
Document Type: Factsheet
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
Document Type: Factsheet
Factsheet on 1,2-Dichloroethane. Original URL: http://www.groundwork.org.za/Resources/chemicals/dichloroethane.html
Document Type: Factsheet