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1051.Experience in the sphere of neutralization of prohibited and unsuitable for usage pesticides on the territory of Poland (2015-05-08)
... Socialist planned economy introduced the principle of centralized distribution on all levels of activity. According to this principle, there were distributed, for example, seed grains, fertilizers and substances for plant protection in agriculture. Not all substances acquired for this purpose were used in good time and therefore they became stale, and their stores were increasing... ...
1052.Pesticides (2015-05-08)
... The word “pesticide” itself to great extend outlines the problems related to it. The root “cide” which comes from Latin “kill” directly expresses the purpose of these substances – killing, destroying living creatures, war with nature. The root “pest” now in many world languages means “vermin”, and implies that man divides all creatures into useful... ...
1053.Away with the poison (2015-05-08)
... Within the project “Utilization of unsuitable and prohibited pesticides” 100 tons of pesticides have been taken to Hamburg in Germany. Removal of these toxic chemicals lasted from November 27 till December 1. Therefore, on December 3, when the whole world is celebrating the International day of combating pesticides, Lviv oblast really have something to celebrate.... ...
1054.Hydrological and hydrogeological aspects of the areas of work (2015-05-08)
... The rivers Syan and Western Buh,within the water intake basins of which the works of wastes utilization will be done, are right tributaries of the Wisla. The Wisla is the longest river of the basin of the Baltic sea and Poland. It is formed in the result of merging of the Black and the White... ...
1055.Wastes as object of private ownership (2015-05-08)
... According to the Article 1of the Law of Ukraine “On wastes” – wastes are any substances, materials and objects which are formed in the process of human activity and cannot be further used in the places where they were formed or revealed. Their owners have to get rid of them through utilization or removal; hazardous... ...
1056.Pesticides may be hidden danger to child IQ (2015-05-08)
... Dani Cooper Household pesticides may cause some of the intellectual development problems in children previously associated with lead, an Australian toxicologist says. In a commentary available online in the journal Science of the Total Environment, Professor Brian Gulson says there is no question lead has a detrimental effect on children’s intellectual development. But the Macquarie... ...
1057.Participatory democracy for environmental protection (2015-05-08)
... International charitable organization Environment-People-Law is pleased to announce that there has been launched a new project “Strengthening Participatory Democracy for Effective Environmental Protection in Ukraine” supported by United Nations Democracy Fund. The project is jointly realized by three organizations – International charitable organization Environment-People-Law, Kharkiv city non-governmental organization EcoPravo-Kharkiv, public environmental law organization EcoPravo-Kyiv and... ...
1058.Report of the Compliance Committee on its thirty-first meeting with regard to Compliance by Ukraine with its obligations under the Convention (Geneva, 22-25 February 2011). (2015-05-07)
... Report of the Compliance Committee on its thirty-first meeting with regard to Compliance by Ukraine with its obligations under the Convention (Geneva, 22-25 February 2011). ...
1059.EPL is presenting its studies of the problem in Kalush with removal of hexachlorobenzene or how Ukraine’s territory is “cleaned” using budget funds (2015-05-06)
... On 6 May 2015, International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” (EPL) held a press-conference under the title “After “clean-up” of the Kalush landfill, the concentration of deadly hexachlorobenzene exceeds the norm by half a million times”. ...
1060.Activities (2015-05-02)
... Education and students supervision (every year – two semesters) Every week meetings Students supervision – two levels: (1) lawyer – students of the second level – students of the first level; (2) lawyer – students of the first level; Organization of the meetings with the specialists: representatives of the public organizations; representatives of the state... ...
