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Convention on Biological Diversity
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) contains several obligations concerning cetaceans. States must legislate to ensure the...
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In order to reduce the exposure of populations to mercury, the European Union, in 2005, resolutely committed to restrict or prohibit most of its uses in the Member States and...
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Here is a non-exhaustive list of the European legislation in force on the mercury issue. In Belgium, given the fragmented nature of the competences, these legislations are...
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FPS is a key player in implementing the protocol that protects the environment on the white continent.
Under the Act of 21 July 2017, the Federal Public Service Health, Food...
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Everyone uses all kinds of chemical products on a daily basis. Most of them can be classified under the heading of “household chemicals”. We hereby refer to products such as...
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Incorrect use of chemicals can result in serious accidents. That is why the labels of many household products often show one or more hazard pictograms. These hazard symbols convey...
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In addition to hazard pictograms and hazard statements, a hazard label of a substance or mixture will also contain warning phrases (or R-phrases). These warning phrases will also...
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The sea is no longer a world of silence, many noises are generated by maritime traffic, oil drilling, etc. Oil and gas seismic explorations and offshore wind farms also generate...
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A hazard label of a substance or mixture invariably contains one or more safety phrases (the so-called S-phrases) in addition to the applicable warning phrases. However, this...
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The United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaUNCLOS specifically mentions cetaceans and provides that States have an obligation to cooperate in the conservation of cetaceans...