This web site draws on a variety of source documents. References for each main section of the web site are provided here in alphabetical order, along with links to online versions of published documents where they exist. Reports marked with an asterisk (*) are currently available as hard copies by contacting the Greenpeace International Toxics Campaign.
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Alternative
Destruction Technology Briefing, May 2001. - Clean Technology for destruction
of POPs stockpiles. Overview, by Darryl Luscombe Greenpeace International.
(15K)
Alternative
Destruction Briefing papers:
Destruction
efficiencies of POPs disposal technologies. (15K)
Commercial
Scale POPS Stockpile Destruction Technologies. (7K)
Gas
Phase Chemical Reduction. (40K)
Burning
Hazardous Wastes in Cement Kiln. (26K)
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY - STUDIES OF
CHLORINE INPUT VERSUS DIOXIN OUTPUT FROM COMBUSTORS, Compiled by Pat Costner.
Greenpeace International. April 1997.
ALTERNATIVES TO DIOXIN SOURCES IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN. Greenpeace, September 1996.
ACHIEVING ZERO DIOXIN: An emergency strategy for
dioxin elimination by M. Allsopp. Greenpeace International. 1994
B
BUSINESS
AS USUAL: Vinyl 2010 - Greenpeace says the PVC industry's voluntary commitment
"Vinyl 2010" tp
address PVC environmental problems is a waste of time.
THE
BHOPAL LEGACY: Toxic contaminants at the former Union Carbide factory
site, Bhopal, India: 15 years after the Bhopal accident. By Labunska, I.,
Stephenson, A., Brigden, K., Stringer, R., Santillo, D. & Johnston, P.A. Greenpeace
Int. Nov. 1999.
THE
BURNING QUESTION, CHLORINE & DIOXIN. By Pat Costner, Greenpeace USA, April
1997.
BUILDING
THE FUTURE: A Guide to Building without PVC by Kerry Rankine. Greenpeace
UK. 1996
BODY
OF EVIDENCE by Michelle Allsopp and Pat Costner, Greenpeace International
1995
C
Chlorine
, Combustion and Dioxins: Does Reducing Chlorine in Wastes Decrease Dioxin
Formation in Waste Incinerators? By Pat Costner, Greenpeace, September 10,
2001. (1Mb)
Report appendices in parts (quicker download):
Part 1,
2, 3, 4.
CONTAMINATION
IN PAULÍNIA BY ALDRIN, DIELDRIN, ENDRIN AND OTHER TOXIC CHEMICALS PRODUCED
AND DISPOSED OF BY SHELL CHEMICALS OF BRAZIL. By Karen Suassuna, Greenpeace
Brazil, April 2001. (68K)
The
Construction Cost of Municipal Waste Incinerators Counter Measures against
Dioxin in Japan:
The Entire Picture of Domestic Expenditure and Its Trends (Interim Report)
May 2001 Greenpeace Japan.
CONCENTRATIONS
OF POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS, POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS AND DIOXIN-LIKE
PCBS IN THREE SAMPLES OF BUTTER FROM THE BALTIC REGION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
By D. Santillo, R.L. Stringer and P.A. Johnston Greenpeace Research Laboratories
Technical Note, April 2001
CHOLERA
AND CHLORINE: Was the 1991 cholera outbreak in Peru the result of the
discontinuation of chlorine disinfection of water supplies? Briefing Paper
by Pat Costner, July 2001 (88K)
CHLORINE
FREE ACTION PACK
by Iza Kruszewska. Greenpeace Australia. 1997
CHLORINE CRISIS: TIME FOR A GLOBAL PHASE-OUT.
Greenpeace International. 1994.
Comments On U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Draft Cluster Rule for the
Pulp and Paper Industry. Greenpeace USA, 1994
CLEAN OPPORTUNITIES Without Chlorinated
Solvents. Greenpeace Sweden 1989.
D
DIOXIN
ELIMINATION REPORT: A GLOBAL IMPERATIVE. By Pat Costner. Greenpeace International,
Revised March 2000.
DETERMINATION
OF THE COMPOSITION AND QUANTITIES OF PHTHALATE ESTER ADDITIVES IN PVC CHILDREN'S
TOYS - SUMMARY. Greenpeace International, 1997.
DOW
MAKES YOU POISON GREAT THINGS edited by Jack Weinberg. Greenpeace USA.
1996
DRESSED
TO KILL. By Bonnie Rice and Jack Weinberg. Greenpeace USA. 1994
E
ENVIRONMENTAL
BEHAVIOUR OF THE CHLORINATED SOLVENTS: A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF A GLOBAL PROBLEM,
Greenpeace, 1993.
THE
EFFECTS OF ORGANOCHLORINES ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS (a.k.a. Death in Small
Doses) by Paul Johnston and Isabel McCrea. Greenpeace International. 1992
G
GREENPEACE'S SECRET SAMPLING AT U.S.
VINYL PLANTS: DIOXIN FACTORIES EXPOSED. By Melanie Duchin, Greenpeace
International, April 1997.
THE
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF PCBs, ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES, POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS
AND POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS USING BUTTER AS AN INTEGRATIVE MATRIX,
D. Santillo, R.L. Stringer and P.A. Johnston, Greenpeace Research Laboratories
Technical Note Dec 2000.
GLOBAL BAN ON PERSISTENT TOXIC CHEMICALS. By Clif Curtis, Greenpeace International,
September 5, 1995.
GREEN FIELDS, GREY FUTURE: EC Agriculture Policy at the Crossroads by Tracey
Clunies-Ross, Helen Evans, Topsy Jewell, Nic Lampkin, Harmtine de Lange, Jan
Diek van Mansvelt, Melanie Miller, Mark Redman. Greenpeace International.
1993
GREENPEACE BRIEFING ON DRYCLEANING CHEMICALS
1992.
H
Halogented Flame
Retardents: Information page with links to information on HFRs and warning
sent to EU politicians
How paper damages the environment and
what can be done about it. Greenpeace International, 1990.
I
INCINERATION
AND HUMAN HEALTH -State of Knowledge of the Impacts of Waste Incinerators
on Human Health. Michelle Allsopp, Pat Costner and Paul Johnston, Greenpeace
Research Laboratories, University of Exeter, UK. March 2001.
En Espanol
J
Just a Matter of TIME: Corporate Pollution
and the Great Lakes. Greenpeace, 1994.
K
Konversie Chlorchemie [Conversion of chlorine industry], By Erhard Plincke,
Reinhard Schussler & Klaus Kampff, Prognos AG, December 1994.
L
LEAD
AND CADMIUM IN VINYL CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS: A Greenpeace Exposee. By Joseph
Di Gangi, Greenpeace USA, September, 1997.
M
MARINE POLLUTION, LAND-BASED SOURCES.
Greenpeace International, June 10, 1994.
O
THE
OBSTRUCTIVE ROLE OF THE US, CANADA, AND AUSTRALIA IN NEGOTIATING INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND LAW MAKING by Kevin Stairs, Greenpeace International.
Feb. 2000. Also in French
OPENING
PANDORA'S BOX: A Catalogue of 50 POPs Hotspots Worldwide. By Greenpeace,
Compiled and Edited by: Anjela Wilkes and Wytze van der Naald. September 1999.
P
POPs
IN AFRICA HAZARDOUS WASTE TRADE 1980 - 2000. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE STOCKPILES
- A GREENPEACE INVENTORY, By Andreas Berstorff, May 2001. (550K)
Pulp
bleaching around the Baltic Sea. By Rune Leithe-Eriksen, April 2001 (81K)
POPs
IN THE BALTIC: A review of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Baltic
Sea. By Michelle Allsopp Bea Erry David Santillo Paul Johnston Greenpeace
Research Laboratories, April 2001
PVC-
FREE FUTURE: A REVIEW OF RESTRICTIONS AND PVC FREE POLICIES WORLDWIDE
- A list compiled by Greenpeace International. 8th Edition, August 2001.
En Espanol
PHTHALATES
IN PVC MEDICAL PRODUCTS FROM 12 COUNTRIES By Joseph Di Gangi PhD, Greenpeace
USA 1999
PVC
PLASTIC: A LOOMING WASTE CRISIS. Wytze van der Naald and Beverley Thorpe,
Greenpeace 1998
POISONING THE FUTURE: Impacts
of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals on Wildlife and Human Health by Michelle
Allsopp, David Santillo and Paul Johnston. Greenpeace Exeter Lab. 1997
POPs
IN LATIN AMERICA: A review of persistent organic pollutant levels in Latin
America Authors: Michelle Allsopp and Bea Erry, Greenpeace International,
Oct. 2000. Also in Espanol
PVC
- Greenpeace's critiques of the EU PVC studies, 27 July 2000:
Summary
Incineration
Landfilling
Mechanical recycling
Chemical
Economics
PVC Voluntary agreement paper
THE
PVC LIFECYCLE: DIOXIN FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE By Joe Thornton, Greenpeace
USA, April 1997.
POLICY ON CHEMICALS - ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS'
DEMANDS ON CHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN THE 1990s. By Manfred
Krautter. Greenpeace, Hamburg. 1994.
The
presence of brominated flame retardants and organotin compounds in dusts collected
from Parliament buildings from eight countries. David Santillo,
Paul Johnston and Kevin Brigden. Greenpeace Research Laboratories Technical
Note 03/2001 March 2001.
PVC FIRES LIST. Compiled by Greenpeace,
June 1994.
PLANNING THE TRANSITION TO A CHLORINE-FREE ECONOMY: ECONOMIC COSTS, BENEFITS,
AND OPPORTUNITIES By Joe Thornton, Jack Weinberg, and Jay Palter. A CHLORINE-FREE
WHITE PAPER, GREENPEACE October 1993
PULP AND PAPER BRIEFING. Greenpeace,
1992.
THE PVC FACTPACK. Greenpeace, 1992. (*)
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THE
REAL FACE OF THE KANGAROO: A fact-finding tour to the AURUL S.A. gold
mining enterprise in Baia Mare, Romania, and along the Lapus-Somes-Tisza river
system in Romania and Hungary. By Andreas Bernstorff and Judit Kanthak, Greenpeace,
March 2000.
A
RECIPE FOR DISASTER - A Review of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Food
Authors: Michelle Allsopp, Bea Erry, Ruth Stringer, David Santillo, Paul Johnston.
March 2000
REVIEW
OF THE AVAILABILITY OF PLASTIC SUBSTITUTES FOR SOFT PVC IN TOYS: A technical
briefing by J. Tickner, University of Massachusetts. Greenpeace International.
1999
REPORT ON THE HAZARDOUS WASTE INCINERATION
CRISIS: WARNING: Incineration Can Seriously Damage Your Health. Greenpeace
International. 1991
S
Please
read the covering
letter from the authors of these Ship Breaking reports first.
SHIPBREAKING:
A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND LABOUR CHALLENGE: A Greenpeace Report
for IMO MEPC 44th Session - March 2000
SHIPBREAKING - THE
CASE OF MV FORTHBANK- BELGIUM, DECEMBER 1999:
A legal precedent for the application of the EU Hazardous Waste Export Ban
to toxic ships bound for scrapping in Asia. A
Greenpeace Report for IMO MEPC 44th Session -
March 2000.
SHIPS
FOR SCRAP IV- STEEL AND TOXIC WASTES FOR ASIA - Findings of a Greenpeace
visit to four shipbreaking yards in China
June 2001 (1.6 Mb)
SHIPS
FOR SCRAP III - Steel and Toxic Wastes for Asia Findings of a Greenpeace
Study on Workplace and Environmental Contamination in Alang-Sosiya Shipbreaking
Yards, Gujarat, India. April 2001 (417 Kb)
SHIPS
FOR SCRAP II: STEEL AND TOXIC WASTES FOR ASIA - The health and environmental
hazards in recipient states Worker health & safety and environmental problems
at the Chang Jiang Ship-Breaking Yard operated by the China National Shipbreaking
Corporation in Xiagang near Jiangyin. By Dipl.-Ing. Judit Kanthak,
Andreas Bernstorff. Greenpeace Germany, November 1999. The report in
German
SHIPBREAKING:
TOXIC WASTE IN DISGUISE - THE CHINA CONNECTION: April 1999
SHIPS
FOR SCRAP: STEEL AND TOXIC WASTES FOR ASIA: The health and environmental
hazards in recipient states. A fact-finding mission to the Indian shipbreaking
yards in Alang and Bombay. By Dipl.-Ing. Judit Kanthak, Andreas Bernstorff
(With inputs from Nitiyanand Jayaraman). Greenpeace Germany, March 1999.
T
Toxic
chemicals in a child's world: an investigation into PVC plastic products.
By Ruth Stringer, Paul Johnston & Bea Erry, Greenpeace Research Laboratories,
June 2001 (105k)
Toxic-free
future, time to act! A guide to some of the world’s most poisonous chemicals.
By Nityanand Jayaraman and Shailendra Yashwant, Greenpeace International,
May 2001. (1,3MB)
TOXIC
HOTSPOTS: A Greenpeace Investigation of HINDUSTAN INSECTICIDES LTD UDYOGMANDAL
IND. EST., KERALA: Persistent organic pollutants and other contaminants
in samples taken in the vicinity of the Hindustan Insecticide Ltd plant, Udyogmandal
industrial estate, Kerala, India. Authors: Labunska, I., Stephenson, A., Brigden,
K., Stringer, R., Santillo, D. Johnston, P.A. & Ashton,J.M. Greenpeace International,
December 1999. Report
Appendices
TOXIC
HOTSPOTS: A Greenpeace Investigation of GUJARAT INDUSTRIAL ESTATES: Organic
and heavy metal contaminants in samples taken at three industrial estates
in Gujarat, India. Labunska, I., Stephenson, A., Brigden, K., Santillo, D.,
Stringer, R., Johnston, P.A. & Ashton, J.M. Greenpeace International, December
1999. Report
Appendicies
TBT
(Tributyltin) Fact Sheet: Greenpeace International, September 1999.
THE
TIP OF THE ICEBERG. State of knowledge on persistant organic pollutants
in Europe and the Arctic. By M. Allsopp, D. Santillo, P. Johnson, and R. Stringer.
Greenpeace International, August 1999.
TECHNICAL
CRITERIA FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF STOCKPILED PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS.
By Pat Costner Greenpeace International Science Unit with Darryl Luscombe,
Greenpeace Australia and Morag Simpson, Greenpeace Canada. October 1998.
Towards Zero-Effluent Pulp and Paper Production: The Pivotal Role of Totally
Chlorine-Free Bleaching. Greenpeace, 1997
TAKING BACK OUR STOLEN FUTURE: HORMONE DISRUPTION AND PVC PLASTIC. Greenpeace
International, May, 1996.
THE
WAY FORWARD - OUT OF THE CHEMICALS CRISIS. An alternative, precautionary
approach to the regulation of the manufacturing, marketing and use of chemicals
in Europe.
U
UNSEEN
POISIONS IN ASIA: A review of persistent organic pollutant loads in South
and South East Asia and Oceania. Greenpeace International, March 2000.
UNSEEN
POISONS - Levels of Organochlorine Chemicals in Human Tissues: Global
Review of Data on 12 Priority Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants and Some
Other Organochlorines in Human Tissues. By Michelle Allsopp, Ruth Stringer
and Paul Johnston, Greenpeace Research Laboratories. Greenpeace International,
June 1998.
V
VIOLATIONS BY JAPAN
OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FOLLOWING GREENPEACE PROTEST. By Duncan
Currie LL.B. (Hons.) LL.M. 17 May 2000.
W
WINGSPREAD STATEMENT ON THE PRECAUTIONARY
PRINCIPLE. Greenpeace and others. February 2, 1998.
WHAT’S
WRONG WITH PVC? Greenpeace UK. 1997 (*)
Z
Zero
Toxics: Sources of by-product POPs and their Elimination. By Darryl Luscombe
and Pat Costner, Greenpeace, May 2001 (115K)
ZERO
DISCHARGE: TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TOWARDS ELIMINATING KRAFT PULP PAPER MILL
LIQUID EFFLUENT, MINIMISING REMAINING WASTE STREAMS AND ADVANCING WORKER SAFETY.
Jay Ritchlin and Paul Johnston, 1999.
