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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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In addition, they are thoroughly analysed for consistency, future developments and trends and, of course, their consequences for sustainable development and future policy and regulation.
The second part, on policy and regulation, begins with an extensive and fundamental consideration on the characteristics of a sustainable heavy metals policy, whereby innovative policy tools are developed. In many aspects, these considerations are also valid for other metals and even non-metallic persistent substances.
Addressing the European Union in particular, its policy-making structure and practice are critically analysed, in order to develop feasible and viable guidelines for long-, medium- and short-term EU policy measures.
The results of this exercise are then applied to the three heavy metals. In each of these three chapters, all existing EU measures are presented in detail and confronted with better practices elsewhere, resulting in many suggestions and recommendations for the future. In the last chapter, the main conclusions and recommendations are carefully summarised. Together with a very extended table of contents, this makes the book easily accessible, in spite of its volume. This Handbook is a must for policy-makers and administrators at all levels, as well as for their counterparts in a wide variety of industries. In addition, it is well-suited for environmental science courses at academic or higher professional level.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mercury — Cadmium — Lead Handbook for Sustainable Heavy Metals Policy and Regulation
Authors: Michael J. Scoullos, Gerrit H. Vonkeman, Iain Thornton, Zen Makuch
Editors: Michael J. Scoullos
Series Title: Environment & Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0403-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2001
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0224-3Published: 31 December 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3896-6Published: 04 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0403-9Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 1383-5130
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0110
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 525
Topics: Environmental Management, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law, Ecotoxicology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Inorganic Chemistry