Persistent Toxic Substances
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Annex 12 addresses definitions, general principles, programs, monitoring, early warning system, human health, research, and reporting. This annex embraces the philosophy of zero discharge and the goal of virtual elimination, and the Parties have achieved considerable success in controlling direct, point source discharges of toxic chemicals to the lakes. The Commission finds, however, that there are two remaining significant challenges to the virtual elimination of persistent toxic substances. The first is the historic burden of toxic chemicals in contaminated sediment; the second is the ongoing problem of airborne pollutants. The Parties’ Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy does not adequately address either of these two remaining challenges.
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