First overview on chemicalization of aquatic environment completed
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Published: 2019-05-06
A new assessment of levels of harmful substances in Finnish waters has been completed. According to monitoring activities, harmful levels of mercury, fire retardants and surface treatment agents are f......
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Pharmaceuticals screened systematically for the first time in the Baltic Sea
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Published: 2018-09-21
CWPharma, an EU-funded project, has started screening active pharmaceutical ingredients in six river basin districts to get a better picture of the sources, emissions and environmental concentrations ......
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Work packages
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Published: 2017-11-13
Overview of HAZBREF project activites and connections between work packages © Marianna Korpi
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Jukka Mehtonen
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Published: 2018-01-05
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Managing chemicals and material cycles
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Published: 2018-01-02
In sustainalble circular economy it is important to reduce the use of hazardous substances throughout entire product’s life cycle.
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Published: 2019-09-17
Our activities are organised into projects that involve producing information for decision-making needs and ensuring sustainainability of the circular economy. We develop practical solutions that are...
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Best practices in industry (WP4)
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Published: 2017-11-13
Report "Sectoral Guidance for Chemicals Management in the Textile Industry" is now available.
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Target chemicals (WP2)
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NOW AVAILABLE:
Interactive tool for identifying relevant target substances
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The report 'Method to include information on hazardous and other substances of concern more systematically into BREFs' is now available in the Publications page !
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Sari Kauppi
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Published: 2017-07-05
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Main publications relevant to the EPIC project from the project organization
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Published: 2017-03-24
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Äystö, L., Vieno, N., Fjäder, P., Mehtonen, J. & Nystén, T. 2023. Hospitals and households as primary emission sources for risk-posing pharmaceuticals in m...
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CIRCWASTE - Towards Circular Economy in Finland
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Published: 2017-04-13
CIRCWASTE is a seven-year LIFE IP project that promotes efficient use of material flows, waste prevention and new waste and resource management concepts. All actions contribute to implementing the na...
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KGZ-Water / Son-Kul
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Published: 2016-12-12
The project will mainly work towards increasing the capacity of Kyrgyz environmental authorities in order for them to be able to determine POP compounds (Persistent Organic Pollutants) from water, se...
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Efficient Treatment of Pharmaceutical Residue at Source (EPIC)
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Published: 2016-10-07
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Low levels of environmental toxins in Lapland, climate change and new chemicals the main risks
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Published: 2016-08-24
The Finnish Lapland is renowned for its purity, even if environmental toxins are present at low concentrations in the air, water and living organisms. The main concern in the Arctic region is the long......
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Decision Aid for Marine Munitions - DAIMON
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Published: 2016-04-07
After the 2 nd World War, a large amount of chemical weapons and ammunition was dumped in the Baltic Sea and the Skagerra...
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Multilevel assessment of sustainable oil spill response measures and their impact on Arctic and subarctic marine environments - OILRES
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Published: 2016-04-05
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The aim of this project is to strengthen forces of two R&D institutes to develop new innovative ways to enhance the biological and chemical oil spill response...
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Investigating long-range transported contaminants in Finnish Lapland
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Published: 2016-02-23
There is little information available on the presence and concentration of contaminants commonly used in consumer goods in the living environment. The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), the Nationa......
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Groundwater Checklist
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Published: 2018-08-31
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The Groundwater checklist is a groundwater protection tool for use by companies, government agencies, consultants and researchers.
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Doctoral dissertation: Enhancing microbial activity contributes to the remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with pesticides
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Published: 2015-02-10
The addition of carbon, which is required as a nutrient by the microorganisms in soil and groundwater, was found to be the most promising remediation method in the remediation of soil and groundwater ......
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