Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : releases of harmful substances to water.: En4-144/81-2021E-PDF
"The release of some substances to the environment can harm human health, wildlife and biological diversity. Toxic metals released to water can enter the food web and accumulate in the tissues of living organisms. Exposure to these substances, even in small amounts, can be hazardous to both humans and wildlife. Mercury and its compounds, lead, and inorganic cadmium compounds are listed as toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. The mercury, lead and cadmium releases to water indicators track facility-based releases of these substances to water"--Page 5.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada, issuing body. |
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| Title | Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : releases of harmful substances to water. |
| Variant title | Releases of harmful substances to water |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Later edition | Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : [August 2022 edition] |
| Earlier edition | Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : [January 2021 edition] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | "October 2021." Issued also in French under title: Indicateurs canadiens de durabilité de l'environnement : rejets de substances nocives dans l'eau. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Publishing information | Gatineau QC : Environment and Climate Change Canada = Environnement et changement climatique Canada, 2021. ©2021 |
| Description | 1 online resource (27 pages) : colour illustrations, colour maps |
| ISBN | 9780660386065 |
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| Departmental catalogue number | EC21032 |
| Edition | [October 2021 edition]. |
| Subject terms | Heavy metals -- Environmental aspects -- Canada -- Statistics. Water -- Pollution -- Canada -- Statistics. Environmental indicators -- Canada. |
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