Title Northern lights against POPs : combatting toxic threats in the Arctic / edited by David Leonard Downie, Terry Fenge

Published Montreal : Published for the Inuit Circumpolar Conference Canada by McGill-Queen's University Press, [2003]

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 347 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits Contents Foreword / David Anderson, Klaus Töpfer -- Acknowledgments / David Leonard Downie, Terry Fenge -- Introduction -- 1. Persistent organic pollutants : global poisons threaten the North -- POPs, the environment, and public health / Eric Dewailly and Christopher Furgal -- Canadian Arctic indigenous peoples, traditional food systems, and POPs / Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Laurie H.M. Chan, Grace Egeland, Oliver Receveur -- Canadian research and POPs : the Northern Contaminants Program / Russel Shearer and Siu-Ling Han -- Circumpolar perspectives on persistent organic pollutants : the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme / Lars-Otto Reiersen, Simon Wilson, and Vitaly Kimstach -- The deposition of airborne dioxin emitted by North American sources on ecologically vulnerable receptors in Nunavut / Barry Commoner, Paul Woods Bartlett, Kimberly Couchot, and Holger Eisl -- 2. Regional and global POPs policy -- Regional POPs policy : the UNECE CLRTAP POPs protocol / Henrik Selin -- Global POPs policy : the 2001 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants / David Leonard Downie -- The Stockholm Convention in the context of international law / Nigel Bankes -- POPs and Inuit : influencing the global agenda / Terry Fenge -- POPs in Alaska : engaging the United States / Henry P. Huntington and Michelle Sparck -- The long and winding road to Stockholm : the view from the chair / John Anthony Buccini -- The Inuit journey towards a POPs-free world / Sheila Watt-Cloutier -- Contributors -- POPs science and policy : a brief northern lights timeline / David Downie and Mike Kraft -- Glossary of terms and concepts : POPs and international negotiations / compiled by David Leonard Downie and Victoria Elman -- The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record SUBJECT Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003128568 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001) fast Subject Persistent pollutants -- Health aspects -- Arctic regions Organic compounds -- Health aspects -- Arctic regions Persistent pollutants -- Environmental aspects -- Arctic regions Organic compounds -- Environmental aspects -- Arctic regions Environmental monitoring. Environmental Pollutants -- adverse effects Environmental Monitoring Organic Chemicals -- adverse effects Pesticides -- adverse effects TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control. SCIENCE -- Environmental Science. Environmental monitoring Ecology Organic compounds -- Environmental aspects Persistent pollutants -- Environmental aspects Milieuverontreiniging. Organische verbindingen. SUBJECT Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions Arctic Regions Subject Arctic Regions Form Electronic book Author Fenge, Terry, 1950- Downie, David Leonard Inuit Circumpolar Conference. ISBN 9780773570672 0773570675

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