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Record 1 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollution (General)
CONT

... some substances are not being released into the environment in an easily defined way like from a pipe. Instead, they may be released into the environment because they end up in a landfill, and ultimately break down, and then enter a wastewater stream. The words "medium indicative of release to the environment" apply to something like that wastewater stream. Take for example a substance that is present in a consumer product and is released when the product is used or as the product degrades.... As the product containing the substance is used, traces of the substance may end up in municipal wastewater effluent. The presence of the substance in wastewater effluent is then indicative of its release into the environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution (Généralités)
DEF

Milieu dans lequel on s'attend à retrouver une substance s'il y a rejet de celle-ci dans l'environnement.

OBS

Un milieu indicateur de rejet dans l'environnement peut être, par exemple, des effluents d'eaux usées ou des sédiments contaminés.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

When the snowflakes enter warmer air, they begin to evaporate. Evaporation is a cooling process-it takes heat from the environment and applies it into the substance being evaporated(in this case, snow). This cools the air around the snowflakes as they fall and prevents them from completely evaporating or transitioning to rain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Pollution (General)
CONT

The Minister shall ... add to the Domestic Substances List ... any living organism ... that ... entered or was released into the environment ...

OBS

Statute cited: Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Pollution (Généralités)
CONT

[...] le ministre inscrit sur la liste intérieure tenue à jour [...] tout organisme vivant s'il estime qu'entre le 1er janvier 1984 et le 31 décembre 1986, celui-ci [...] a pénétré dans l'environnement ou y a été rejeté [...]

OBS

Loi citée : Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'environnement.

Spanish

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