Conversations on Vietnam Development
PRESS RELEASE
N° 236 23
June 2015
IARC Monographs evaluate DDT, lindane (666), and 2,4-D Lyon, France, 23 June 2015 – The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has evaluated the carcinogenicity of the insecticides gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D).
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| The foundation staff found the Trieu Long 2 Primary School on a contaminated site. — VNS Photo Phuoc Buu |
QUANG TRI (VNS) — Non-governmental organisations have started investigating several sites in the central Quang Tri Province that have become polluted by pesticides.
Following a report in Viet Nam News on pollution causing locals hardship, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung from Germany last week held a preliminary survey in the area. Tiếp tục đọc “Quang Tri fights DDT pollution”
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