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Human values

Toxicity

Toxicity

Toxic

Broader

Goodness-Badness

Healthfulness-Unhealthfulness

Problem

Unsafe hazardous waste disposal

Toxic waste smuggling

Acidic precipitation

Uncertain toxicity thresholds

Toxic substances in the home

Toxic substances

Toxic sheep dips

Toxic metal pollutants

Toxic industrial chemicals

Harmful food additives

Toxic blue-green algae in drinking water

Risks of immunization

Pollution of sediments

Polluted drinking water

Poisonous algae

Persistent bioaccumulative toxic chemicals

Mutagenic chemicals

Misuse of agricultural chemicals

Industrial waste water pollutants

Failure to conform to international health standards

Excessive consumption of vitamins

Dangerous substances

Criminal offences against the environment

Bioaccumulation of toxic substances

Alimentary toxic aleukia

Trading in products containing toxic substances

Toxic shock syndrome

Toxic organic compounds as water pollutants

Toxic household insecticides

Threatened species of Cyanophycota

Ineffective official inspection of regulated activities

Hazardous combinations of substances

Gaseous air pollutants

Accessibility of toxic materials

Toxic myopathies

Iron dextran toxicity in newborn pigs

Food health standards of convenience

Acid mine drainage

Strategy

Registering potential toxic chemicals

Reducing use of toxic products in farming

Reducing acid rain

Monitoring accumulation of pollutants in plants and animals

Increasing research on safer alternatives to harmful toxic chemicals

Improving wood preservatives to protect the environment

Developing emergency response procedures for chemical accidents

Reducing toxic food additives

Reducing heavy metal pollution

Protecting against toxic substances

Prohibiting toxic food additives

Monitoring toxic food additives

Classifying dangerous substances

Using technologies that minimize releases to toxic chemicals

Treating metal toxicity

Taxing use of toxic products

Studying toxins

Strengthening national centres for information exchange on toxic chemicals

Setting assessment priorities for toxic chemicals of global concern

Securing toxic substances

Securing chemical data from industry for assessing potential risks

Reporting routine emissions of toxic chemicals to the environment

Removing noxious fumes

Registering potentially toxic chemicals

Reducing uncertainty of toxicity thresholds

Reducing toxic risk

Reducing toxic contamination of domestic water

Reducing soil pollution

Reducing risks of immunization

Reducing discharge of toxic, persistent or bio-accumulating substances

Protecting children from toxic compounds

Protecting against toxic metals as health hazards

Protecting against toxic and harmful agents

Producing toxic substances

Producing toxic mixtures of substances

Preventing pollution of aquifers by toxic substances

Preventing illegal international traffic of toxic chemicals

Notifying hazards of strong toxic substances

Monitoring water quality threatened by toxic materials storage sites

Monitoring toxicity thresholds

Monitoring toxic rain

Monitoring toxic chemicals during their entire life cycle

Monitoring toxic blue-green algae in drinking water

Managing toxic waste dumps

Informing about adverse effects of vaccination

Improving information systems on toxic chemicals

Exchanging information on programmes to reduce toxic chemical risk

Dumping toxic waste

Coordinating research activities on the mechanisms of action of toxic chemicals

Controlling toxic substances in the workplace

Controlling chemicals

Campaigning against the export of toxic materials

Campaigning against hazardous waste disposal

Adopting laws to prevent illegal import of dangerous products

Metadata

Database

Human values

Type

(D) Destructive values

Subject

Societal problems » Poison

Content quality

Yet to rate

Language

English

1A4N

D6373

DOCID

11463730

D7NID

191410

Last update

Dec 2, 2024