1. Organic and inorganic pollutants
Environmental protection has become a major concern. The uncontrolled effects of multiple human activities are now affecting biological dynamics and biogeochemical balances. Strong indicators such as climate change, erosion of biodiversity, and pollution of soil, waterways and groundwater all point to the need for new strategies to protect the biosphere. Domestic, industrial and agricultural waste are major contributors to pollution and environmental damage.
Every one of us is confronted with examples that demonstrate the need to develop strategies to protect the biosphere. For example, biocides (insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, algicides, acaricides or herbicides) are chemical compounds with toxicological properties, designed to combat the spread of pests (insects or rodents), algae, invasive plants (weeds) or phytopathogenic fungi. Their intensive use poses...
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Bibliography
Websites
EU pesticide database http://ec.europa.eu/sanco_pesticides/public/index.cfm
Rotterdam Convention – Share Responsibility (Feb. 2011) [Online] http://www.pic.int/home_fr.php?type=t=86=50=86
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Regulations
Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market lays down rules and procedures for approval of the active substances at EU-level and for the authorisation at Member State level of plant protection products (PPP) containing these substances
Pollutec 2010 Lyon, 23rd edition http://www.pollutec.com/
...Patents
Utilisation de plantes accumulatrices de métaux lourds pour la mise en œuvre de réactions chimiques, CNRS international patent filed on November 26, 2009, n° PCT/FR2009/052312 ; Extensions internationales brevet CNRS filed on November 18, 2010, n° PCT/FR2010/052451 C. Grison, J. Escarré.
Events
The work presented in this article was selected by ADEME as part of the Innovative Techniques for the Environment program at Pollutec 2010.
Thanks
The authors would like to thank Eddy Petit (IEM UMR 5635) for producing the 31 P NMR spectra.
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