Pollution Prevention  


PRTRs -- what are they and why do we need them?

WWF's promotion of PRTRs

Chronology of human exposure to synthetic chemicals

Endocrine disruption

Pesticides and biodiversity

The decay of the Yamuna river

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Environmental Reporting

     Communities have the right to know about the toxic chemicals entering the environment. Such was the principle adopted at UNCED in 1992. On this principle WWF has based its Community Right to Know and Improved Corporate Environmental Reporting Project.

Say a company proposes to build a plant in a community. What can local civic groups or individuals learn about the company's environmental performance? To what extent is the company attempting to reduce its contribution to ozone depletion or acid deposition? What levels of energy and water conservation is it achieving? How does it compare in these respects with other countries and how do countries as a whole compare? If we are to minimize the impact of industry on the environment, these and similar questions demand an answer.


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