Description: Reducing the Human and Environmental Risks of Obsolete Pesticides : A GIS-Based Tool for Priority-Setting

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Reducing the Human and Environmental Risks of Obsolete Pesticides : A GIS-Based Tool for Priority-Setting

Obsolete pesticide stocks have accumulated in most of the world's developing countries and economies in transition in recent decades. International organizations estimate that some 500,000 tons are stockpiled worldwide, about half of which are...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACTIVE INGREDIENT ACTIVE INGREDIENTS AGRICULTURE ARSENIC BACTERIA BIODIVERSITY CA CANCER CAPACITY BUILDING CHEMICAL CLASSES CHILD-BEARING CHILDBEARING CHRONIC TOXICITY CONTAINERS CROP PROTECTION DECISION MAKING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISSEMINATION EDIBLE CROPS EMISSION SOURCES ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS EVALUATION CRITERIA EXPIRATION DATE FAMILIES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISH FOOD CHAIN FUNGICIDES GAUGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GROUNDWATER HAZARD HAZARDOUS WASTE HAZARDS HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH RISKS HOSPITAL HUMAN COMMUNITIES HUMAN HEALTH HYDROCARBONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM INSECTICIDES INTERNATIONAL ACTION INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERVENTION LABELING LEGAL STATUS LIVESTOCK GRAZING MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS NATIONAL LEGISLATION NITROGEN PACKAGING PEST MANAGEMENT PESTICIDE PESTICIDE FORMULATION PESTICIDE FORMULATIONS PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT PESTICIDE PRODUCTS PESTICIDE STORAGE PESTICIDES POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLLUTANTS POPULATION DATA POPULATION DENSITY PREVENTION ACTIVITIES PUBLIC HEALTH SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL PATTERNS SURFACE WATERS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOXIC CHEMICALS TOXIC PESTICIDES TOXIC SUBSTANCES TOXICITY TREATY URBAN COMMUNITIES UREA VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WASTE WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTE PILES WASTES WOMEN OF CHILD-BEARING AGE WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/400481468174867827/Reducing-the-human-and-environmental-risks-of-obsolete-pesticides-a-GIS-based-tool-for-priority-setting http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27844

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Summary:	Obsolete pesticide stocks have accumulated in most of the world's developing countries and economies in transition in recent decades. International organizations estimate that some 500,000 tons are stockpiled worldwide, about half of which are located in countries of the former Soviet Union. Across the African continent, obsolete stocks total about 50,000 tons, while Latin America has at least 30,000 tons. This report includes the following sections: section one includes overview, section two include risk assessment method for priority-setting. Section three includes setting cleanup priorities in Tunisia. Section four includes cleanup and safeguarding highlights in Africa. Finally, section five includes reducing the risk.