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THE NORTH SEA, OUR ELEVENTH PROVINCE!
The Belgian part of the North Sea, at nearly 3,500 km², is about the size of a province. This amounts to 0.5% of the entire North Sea. This...
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The purpose of authorisation, as envisaged in the REACH regulation, is to ensure that the "risks from substances of very high concern are properly controlled and that these...
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The restriction procedure is used to limit the manufacturing, use or marketing of substances, mixtures and articles that pose an unacceptable risk to human health or to the...
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These are threats that have emerged recently due to technological progress or increase in the human population, etc.
These threats are still poorly understood because they are...
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Asbestos is not naturally present in Belgium. It is a highly toxic, natural, fibrous material. This is why, since the end of 2001, it has been strictly prohibited across Belgium...
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Exposure to asbestos can lead to serious diseases and sometimes even fatal diseases that manifest several years later. The Agency for Occupationnal Risks (Fedris)...
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Chemical products are part of our daily life. You use them every day for cleaning, painting, gluing, oiling, greasing, etc. These products are required by us but sometimes there...
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Mercury is a substance that is hazardous to health and environment even in very tiny doses. Therefore, several initiatives were taken by government authorities, especially at the...
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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...