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Industrial production and environmental threats
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Industry as a principle of production
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The nature of environmental impacts of industry
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Case Box 13.1 Severely polluted regions Southern Poland
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The chemical industry
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The industrial aspects of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
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Industry and the large material flows
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Outlook Box 13.2 The large material flows
Consumer products and pollution
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Consumer products and diffuse pollution
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The different kinds of consumers pollution
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How to measure the environmental impact of a product
Toxic organic chemicals
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The persistent organic pollutants
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Chlorinated organic pollutants
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Toxic chemicals in the environment
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Methods Box 13.3 Analysing persistent organic pollutants
Chemicals for technical purposes
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Polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs
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Case Box 13.4 The discovery of PCBs in the environment
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Pollution from the pulp and paper industry
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Other industrial chemicals, flame retardants
Pesticides
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Different kinds of pesticides
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DDT
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The DDT substitutes toxaphene, lindane and others
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Organophosphate and carbamate insecticides
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Herbicides
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Biocides in water ecosystems
Contaminating chemicals
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Dioxins the most toxic compounds ever made by humans
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Emissions of dioxins
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Volatile organic compounds, VOC, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAH
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Oil spills and oil pollution
Management of chemicals in society
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