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An outdoor water-use restriction is a ban or other lesser restrictions put into effect that restricts the outdoor use of water supplies. Often called a watering ban or hosepipe ban, [1] it can affect: irrigation of lawns; car washing; recreational uses such as filling swimming pools and using water slides
EWG is headquartered in Washington, D.C.. [2] Its lobbying organization, the EWG Action Fund (a 501(c)(4) organization) was founded in 2002. [3] EWG partners with companies to certify their products. [4] Its reports are influential with the public, but it has been criticized for exaggerating the risks of chemicals. [4] [5] [6]
Export restrictions, or a restriction on exportation, are limitations on the quantity of goods exported to a specific country or countries by a Government. Export restrictions could be aimed at achieving diverse policy objectives such as environmental protection, economic welfare, social wellbeing, conversion of natural resources, and ...
Version 2.0 of eCTD – an upgrade over the original CTD – was finalized on February 12, 2002, [1] and version 3.0 was finalized on October 8 of the same year. [2] As of August 2016, the most current version is 3.2.2, released on July 16, 2008. [3] A Draft Implementation Guide (DIG) for version 4.0 of eCTD was released in August 2012. [4]
The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines PFAS in the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 5 as substances that contain "at least one of the following three structures: R−CF 2 −CF(R')R", where both the −CF 2 − and −CF− moieties are saturated carbons, and none of the R groups can be hydrogen; R−CF 2 −O−CF 2 ...
[10] [11] The estimated daily exposure from "automobile-related activities" is 49 μg and for driving for one hour is 40 μg. [9] Smoking: For smokers, cigarette smoking is the main source of exposure to benzene. Estimates are 7900 μg per day (smoking 20 cigarettes per day), [10] 1820 μg/day, and 1800 μg/day. [9]
They may take the form of import quotas, subsidies, customs delays, technical barriers, or other systems preventing or impeding trade". [2] According to the World Trade Organization , non-tariff barriers to trade include import licensing, rules for valuation of goods at customs, pre-shipment inspections, rules of origin ('made in'), and trade ...
Article 2 of the directive lists the classes of substances or preparations that are considered to be dangerous. Some, but not all, of these classes are associated with a chemical hazard symbol and/or a code. Explosives (E) Oxidizing agents (O) Flammable substances or preparations, classified as extremely flammable (F+), highly flammable (F)