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List of GreenFacts Digests by Themes

Arctic Climate Change, Biodiversity, C02 Capture and Storage, Climate Change, Desertification, Ecosystem Change, Fisheries, Forests
Air Pollution, Arsenic, Boron, Chernobyl, Dioxins, Endocrine disruptors, Fluoride, Mercury, PCBs, Phthalates, Power Lines Static Fields, Water Disinfectants
AIDS, Alcohol, Aspartame, Diet, GM Crops, Psychoactive Drugs, Respiratory Diseases, Tobacco, Water Disinfectants

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
 
Title [languages]
Content
PDF Source
Agriculture home
Agriculture
[en]

(posted 4/2008)
How could agriculture foster equitable and sustainable development?
Adobe Acrobat Document
IAASTD
(2008)
Arctic Climate Change home
Arctic Climate Change
[en] [fr]
(posted 8/2006)
How will arctic climate change affect the rest of the planet?
Adobe Acrobat Format
ACIA
(2004)
document
Global Biodiversity Outlook Report home
Biodiversity - Global Outlook
[en] [es] [fr] [nl]

(posted 5/2007)
What progress has been made towards the 2010 target of the Convention on Biological Diversity?
Adobe Acrobat Document
CBD
(2006)
Biodiversity home
Biodiversity & Human Well-being
[en] [es] [fr] [nl]

(posted 5/2006)
Current trends in biodiversity loss and their effects human well-being
Adobe Acrobat Document
MA
(2005)
Capture & Storage home
CO2 Capture & Storage
[en] [fr]

(posted 9/2007)
How does it work? Could it really help addressing climate change?
Adobe Acrobat Document

IPCC
(2005)

Climate Change 2007
[en] [es] [fr] [nl]

(posted 3/2007)

Latest update: How is the climate changing and what future changes are expected?

Adobe Acrobat Format
IPCC
(2007)
Climate change home
Climate Change 2001
[de] [en] [es] [fr]

(posted 12/2002)
What was know in 2001 about the role of human activities in global warming?
Adobe Acrobat Document
IPCC
(2001)
Desertification Desertification
[en] [es] [fr]
(posted 10/2006)
Desertification, ecosystems and human well-being
Adobe Acrobat Format
MA
(2005)
Ecosystem change home
Ecosystem Change
[en] [es] [fr]
(posted 3/2005)
Ecosystem degradation and human well-being
Adobe Acrobat Document
MA
(2005)
Fisheries home
Fisheries
[en] [es] [fr]

(posted 10/2005)
To what extent are fish stocks exploited? How has the state of fisheries changed?
Adobe Acrobat Document
FAO (2004)
forest
Forests
[en] [es] [fr]
(posted 1/2007)
State of the world's forest resources
Adobe Acrobat Format
FAO
(2005)
document
Water Resource home
Water Resource
[en]
(posted 2/2008)
World water development
Adobe Acrobat Format
UNESCO / WWAP
(2006)
document

CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES AND RADIATION
 
Title [languages]
Content
PDF Source
Air Pollution home
Air Pollution
[en] [es] [fr]
(posted 8/2005)
How do Ozone, Nitrogen Dioxide and Particulate Matter affect human health? Adobe Acrobat Format WHO
(2003-4)
Arsenic home
Arsenic
[en] [es] [fr]
(posted 12/2004)
When can arsenic present in food or water be harmful?
Adobe Acrobat Format
IPCS
(2001)
Boron home
Boron
[en] [es] [fr]

(posted 1/2005)
Could boron contained in food and water affect my health?
Adobe Acrobat Format
IPCS
(1998)
Chernobyl home
Chernobyl
[en] [es] [fr]

(posted 4/2006)
Overview of the impacts 20 years after the accident Adobe Acrobat Document Chernobyl Forum
(2006)
Dioxins home
Dioxins
[en] [es] [fr]
(posted 8/2004)
What are the health risks posed by dioxins?

Adobe Acrobat Document

WHO-IPCS
(1998)
Endocrine disruptors home
Endocrine Disruptors
[de] [en] [es] [fr]
(posted 3/2004)
Are environmental chemicals affecting our hormonal system?
Adobe Acrobat Document
IPCS
(2002)
Fluoride home
Fluoride
[en] [es] [fr]

(posted 4/2005)
Under what conditions can fluoride exposure benefit or harm health?
Adobe Acrobat Document
IPCS
(2002)
Mercury home
Mercury
[en] [es] [fr]

(posted 11/2004)
Are mercury releases being controlled?
Adobe Acrobat Document
UNEP
(2002)
Air Pollution home
Nitrogen Dioxide
[en] [es] [fr]

(posted 8/2005)
How do air pollutants produced by traffic and combustion affect our health? Adobe Acrobat Format WHO
(2003-4)
Air Pollution home
Ozone
[en] [es] [fr]

(posted 8/2005)
Can Groundlevel ozone (O3) affect human health? Adobe Acrobat Format WHO
(2003-4)
Air Pollution home
Particulate Matter
[en] [es] [fr]
(posted 8/2005)
What effects do particles suspended in the air have on human health? Adobe Acrobat Format WHO
(2003-4)
Water disinfectants home
PCBs
[en]

(posted 09/2006)
What levels of PCB are we being exposed to?

Adobe Acrobat Document

WHO-IPCS
(2003)
Water disinfectants home
Phthalates
[en] [es] [fr]

(posted 12/2005)
DIDP, DINP and DBP are additives that make plastic soft. Do they pose risks?

Adobe Acrobat Document

ECB
(2003-4)
Power Lines home
Power Lines
[en] [es] [fr]

(posted 10/2004)
Are electromagnetic fields dangerous to human health?
Adobe Acrobat Document
IARC
(2002)
static fields
Static Fields
[en] [es] [fr]

(posted 3/2006)
Do static magnetic or electric fields used for instance in medical imaging pose health risks?
Adobe Acrobat Format WHO
(2005)
Water disinfectants home
Water Disinfectants
[en] [es] [fr]
(posted 12/2004)
Do water disinfectants and their by-products pose health risks? Adobe Acrobat Document IPCS (2000)

HEALTH, FOOD, AND LIFESTYLE
 
Title [languages]
Content
PDF Source
AIDS home AIDS
[en] [es] [fr]
(posted 11/2006)
What is the extent of the epidemic and what can be done to stop and revert it?
Adobe Acrobat Document
UNAIDS
(2006)

Alcohol home

Alcohol
[en] [es] [fr]
(posted 2/2006)
How mamy people are affected by alcohol and how does it affect our health? Adobe Acrobat Format

WHO
(2004)

Aspartame home
Aspartame
[en] [es] [fr]

(posted 6/2004)
Does this artificial sweetener pose health risks?
Adobe Acrobat Format
EC-SCF
(2002)
Diet and Nutrition home Diet and Nutrition
[en]
(posted 7/2006)
Diet, Nutrition, and the prevention of chronic diseases
Adobe Acrobat Format

WHO/FAO
(2004)

Genetically Modified  home
GM Crops
[en] [es] [fr]

(posted 11/2005)
In what way are GM crops different from conventional crops?
Adobe Acrobat Document
FAO
(2004)
Psychoactive Drugs home
Psychoactive drugs
[en] [fr] [nl]

(posted 9/2006)

How does drug addiction develop and how can it be treated?

Adobe Acrobat Document
WHO
(2005)
Respiratory Diseases home
Respiratory Diseases
[en] [es] [fr]
(posted 10/2005)
Can air pollution affect a child's likelihood to develop such diseases? Adobe Acrobat Document EC
(2003)
Tobacco home
Tobacco
[en] [es] [fr]

(posted 1/2005)
Are passive smokers also at risk?
Adobe Acrobat Format
IARC
(2004)
Water disinfectants home
Water Disinfectants
[en] [es] [fr]
(posted 12/2004)
Do water disinfectants and their by-products pose health risks? Adobe Acrobat Document IPCS (2000)

FUTURE DIGESTS
 
Title [languages]
Content
Status Source
Water disinfectants home
Global Health Security Public health in the 21st century, in an increasingly connected world.
Drafting
WHO
(2007)
document
Water disinfectants home
Well-to-wheels Examining the various alternatives for the future of car fuels and technologies
Drafting
EUCAR - JRC - Concawe
(2008)
Other future topics:
Malaria, Tuberculosis, Cellphones, Marine Environments...