The release of harmful substances that react to form ground-level ozone, resulting in vegetation damage and human health problems.
Chemicals that are toxic, persist in the environment and bioaccumulate in food chains and therefore pose risks to human health and ecosystems.
This is a measure of a substance’s ability to remain as a discrete chemical entity in the environment for a prolonged period of time. A common meas...
This is the measure of the ozone-depleting characteristics of the substance. Ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere leads to an increase of UV-rad...
Substances that release chlorine or bromine atoms when they break down which then deplete ozone. CFCs, HCFCs, halons, methyl bromide, carbon tetrac...
A bluish gas that is harmful to breathe. Nearly 90% of the Earth’s ozone is in the stratosphere and is referred to as the ozone layer. Ozone absorb...
A measure of the tendency of a chemical to partition between an aliphatic hydrocarbon system and an aqueous system. Often used as a predictor for b...
An act, process or methodology of making something (as a design, system or decision) as fully perfect, functional or effective as possible.
A European standard for the impact of textiles on human ecology and the environment.