Pesticide Manufacturing / Green Cross Switzerland / Health Canada / US Agency for Toxic Substances / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Switzerland / United States / / /
Event
Product Issues / Environmental Issue / /
Facility
Love Canal / /
IndustryTerm
active industrial and mining sites / manufacturing practices / control technologies / environmental media / high-volume chemicals / remediation solutions / health care infrastructure / mining / hazardous waste site / industry operators / chemicals / environmental systems / /
Organization
US Center for Disease Control / World Health Organization / PROBLEM Blacksmith Institute / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Asian Development Bank / United Nations Industrial Development Organization / UN Environment Programme / Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development / World Bank / Central Intelligence Agency / Blacksmith Institute / Blacksmith Institute’s Technical Advisory Board / European Commission / US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry / Technical Advisory Board / United Nations Environment Programme / done using a WHO-developed indicator / /
Person
Sara Mills-Knapp / David Hanrahan / Kira Traore Bret Ericson / Triple Smart / Jack Caravanos / Stephan Robinson / Andrea Walter / John Keith / Nathalie Gysi / Bret Ericson / / /
The World’s Worst Pollution Problems: Assessing Health Risks at Hazardous Waste Sites This document was prepared by the staff of Blacksmith Institute in partnership with Green Cross Switzerland with input and