Traduction de «risque toxique » (Français → Anglais) :

owing to their non-lethal irreversible effects after a single exposure and assigned the symbol ‘T’, the indication of danger ’toxic’ and the risk phrase R39/route of exposure. Preparations containing at least one dangerous substance classified as very toxic or toxic that produce such effects in individual concentrations equal to or greater than:

(Return tabled) Question No. 845 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With regard to children’s health and the environment: (a) what action has the government undertaken to integrate children’s environmental health into existing public health programs; (b) what specific action is the government undertaking to advocate for the consideration and assessment of hazardous environmental influences on children’s health and development, (i) in Canada, (ii) internationally; (c) what specific action is the government undertaking to raise the political profile of children’s environmental health, (i) locally, (ii) regionally, (iii) nationally; (d) in relation to i ...[+++]ts contaminated sites, (i) what specific action is the government undertaking to raise awareness about children’s environmental health, (ii) what are all contaminated sites where action has been taken to raise awareness, (iii) what was the risk; (iv) what was the action taken; (e) what are all government activities focused on children’s environmental health; (f) what are all existing government activities focused on prevention of environmental exposures aimed at protecting children's health; (g) what governmental action has been undertaken to prevent (i) pre-conception, prenatal, and childhood exposures, (ii) air, consumer products, food, soil/dust, water, and other physical environmental exposures, (iii) biological, chemical, and physical hazards; (h) how has the government taken children's vulnerabilities into account in developing environmental and health policies, regulations, and standards; (i) what targeted environmental and health policies, regulations, and standards have already been put in place to protect children's health, and what policies, regulations, and standards are currently under consideration; (j) what action is being undertaken by the government to measure the extent to which pregnant women and their babies are exposed to common environmental chemicals, and what health risks, if any, are associated with th ...

(Return tabled) Question No. 152 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to the development of unconventional gas resources, including shale, tight and coal bed methane, and its possible impacts on the environment: (a) what, if any, research has the government undertaken regarding the development of unconventional gas resources, (i) what was the scope of this research in the areas of, but not limited to, air quality, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem impacts, economic impacts, occupational risks, public safety concerns, and seismic risks, (ii) what, if any, resources did the government provide for this research, (iii) what, if any, process was e ...[+++]stablished to ensure the independence of the researchers, their research, and their findings, (iv) what, if any, case studies were considered as a part of this research, (v) what, if any, scenarios regarding the development of unconventional gas resources were developed as frameworks for the research, (vi) what economic, environmental and social impacts were identified by this research, (vii) what, if any, priority research areas were identified for further study as a result of this research, (viii) what, if any, departments were involved in this research, (ix) what, if any, action was undertaken to ensure inter-departmental cooperation throughout the research process, (x) what, if any, gaps or weaknesses in the regulatory framework did the research identify; (b) what, if any, research has the government undertaken regarding balancing shale gas' potential contribution to energy security with environmental risks; (c) what are the sources of greenhouse gas emissions associated with unconventional gas; (d) has the government developed a process to determine the overall carbon footprint of shale gas throughout the life cycle of natural gas use, if not, why not, and, if so, (i) what federal departments are involved in this process, (ii) how does the government ensure inter-departmental collaboration on this process, (iii) what is the p ...

- On 29 May 2007, the Commission's Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) stated in its opinion on 'CEN's response to the opinion of the CSTEE on the assessment of CEN report on the risk assessment of organic chemicals in toys' that 'SCHER does not accept the procedure to define action limits for MCR [substances that are mutagenic, carcinogenic or toxic to reproduction] and very toxic compounds.

Therefore, and without prejudging the results of the investigation to be undertaken by the competent national occupational health and safety authorities, it can be stated that the failure to inform workers and the emergency services of the inherent risk from those toxic substances, to assess the risks and to take the appropriate measures constitutes, in itself, a breach of Community legislation.

In the European Community there are more than 100.000 patients of dialysis with total annual costs exceeding 5 billion ECU; - there is an urgent need for action be taken to reduce public accesibility to analgesics known to be nephrotoxic and prohibit inappropriate combinations of analgesics; - drugs and chemicals should be carefully tested for possible nephrotoxicity; the further rapid development of experimental testing methods (in-vitro and in-vivo) is required; - the health of population groups exposed to nephrotoxic chemicals, i. e. in the workplace, should be monitored; attention should be paid to potentially high risk groups, such as the ...[+++] very young and the elderly; - to support these investigations the use of specific biological markers of renal injury is essential.