Protecting reproductive health and the environment: toxics use reduction.
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Protecting reproductive health and the environment: toxics use reduction.
Toxics use reduction is a new chemical hazard management approach that has emerged in several state laws over the past years. While toxics use reduction has been promoted as a means of preventing environmental pollution, little thought has been given to its adoption as a means of managing reproductive hazards. This paper provides illustrations of use reduction approaches to conventionally recog...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.93101s2221