00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.845200 CaOODSP 20221107152918 cr ||||||||||| 171005s2017 qucd #ob f000 0 eng d 978-0-660-23528-8 CaOODSP eng n-cn--- En4-144/82-2017E-PDF Canadian environmental sustainability indicators [electronic resource] : emissions of harmful substances to air. Emissions of harmful substances to air Gatineau, QC : Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2017. 34 p. : graphs "October 2017." Title from cover. Issued also in French under title: Indicateurs canadiens de durabilité de l'environnement : émissions atmosphériques de substances nocives. Includes bibliographical references. "Emissions of some substances can harm human health, wildlife and biological diversity. For example, small particles of toxic metals in the air can be inhaled. They can also settle on the ground and in water. There, they can enter the food web and build up in the tissues of living organisms. Some of these substances can also travel great distances by air. Exposure to these substances, even in small amounts, can be hazardous to both humans and wildlife. These indicators track human-related emissions of mercury, lead and cadmium"--Emissions of harmful substances to air indicator, p. 5. gccst Atmospheric emissions gccst Hazardous materials gccst Pollution Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada. Indicateurs canadiens de durabilité de l'environnement (CaOODSP)9.845204 Canadian environmental sustainability indicators (CaOODSP)9.860287 PDF 925 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/eccc/En4-144-82-2017-eng.pdf