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PRIORITY POLLUTANTS [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollutants
CONT

In a precedent-setting move, the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (with the exception of the Quebec representative) also today accepted in principle the first set of Canada-wide standards for four priority pollutants, including Particulate Matter (PM) and Ground-level Ozone (the main components of smog), mercury emissions, and benzene. Ministers agreed to take the standards back to their Cabinet colleagues for consideration.

OBS

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

OBS

Term usually used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agents de pollution
OBS

Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture.

OBS

Terme utilisé le plus souvent au pluriel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Agentes contaminantes
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