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	<title>The Temas Blog &#187; Hazardous Substances</title>
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		<title>Toward Brazilian Environmental Norms for Electro-Electronics</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/waste-recycling/toward-brazilian-environmental-norms-for-electro-electronics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronic/Electrical Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hazardous Substances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste & Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABNT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cobei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[componentes eletroeletrônicos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several jurisdictions in Brazil &#8212; most notably the States of São Paulo (SP) and Mato Grosso (MT), and the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro (MRJ) &#8212; have recently adopted e-waste laws, and several states look interested in following suit (here, here and here).  There&#8217;s rumors that the National Environment Council (CONAMA) will soon decide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green IT Rating System Expanded to Brazil and Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/climate-change/green-it-rating-system-expanded-to-brazil-and-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/climate-change/green-it-rating-system-expanded-to-brazil-and-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic/Electrical Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clean Production Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ComputaCenter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[computadores]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[contenido reciclado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eficiencia energética]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPEAT]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gases de efecto invernadero]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[green electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Electronics Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gases]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[recycled content]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From EPEAT:
The Green Electronics Council Announces Major Expansion of EPEAT

International Green IT purchasing system enables electronics manufacturers to register computers and monitors in 40 countries

The Green Electronics Council today announced the availability of an international EPEAT purchasing registry, a major development that enables the world’s leading electronics manufacturers to list ‘green’ computers and monitors in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil and Uruguay Take the Lead in Implementing GHS</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/hazardous-substances/brazil-and-uruguay-take-the-lead-in-implementing-ghs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/hazardous-substances/brazil-and-uruguay-take-the-lead-in-implementing-ghs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hazardous Substances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agenda 21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clasificación]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dangerous goods]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[etiquetado]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fichas de datos de seguridad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[IOMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labeling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[material safety data sheets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MERCOSUL]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[OCDE]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[productos químicos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[químicos peligrosos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Summit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[UNECE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uruguay]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=5317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Uruguay became the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to implement the Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) (known in Spanish as the Sistema Globalmente Armonizado &#8211; SGA) through binding legislation.  President Tabaré Vázquez and his Council of Ministers signed Decree 307/009 on safety measures for chemical industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil Bans Sale of Formaldehyde</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/hazardous-substances/brazil-bans-sale-of-formaldehyde/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/hazardous-substances/brazil-bans-sale-of-formaldehyde/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cosmetics/Personal Care Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hazardous Substances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anvisa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[armazém]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beauty products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beauty salon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beauty treatments]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brazilian blowout]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[department stores]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[drug stores]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[empório]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emporiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[escova progressiva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmácia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formaldehyde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formaldeído]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hair products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hair salon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hair straighteners]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=4982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a woman who goes frequently to a hair salon &#8212; and all latinas I know do &#8211;chances are very good that you have heard of, or have even had, the popular &#8220;Brazilian blowout,&#8221; also known as Brazilian keratin treatment or escova progressiva (progressive blow-dry).
But did you know that many (if not most) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Espirito Santo Adopts Law on Products Containing Heavy Metals</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/waste-recycling/espirito-santo-adopts-law-on-products-containing-heavy-metals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/waste-recycling/espirito-santo-adopts-law-on-products-containing-heavy-metals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 02:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronic/Electrical Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hazardous Substances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste & Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barometers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baterias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[batteries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cadmio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cadmium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carregadores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartuchos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cell phones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chargers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chumbo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRTs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disjuntores de mercúrio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[esfigmomanômetros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Espírito Santo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[float values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fluorescent lamps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fornecedores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heavy metals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IEMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incineração]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incineration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lâmpadas fluorescentes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[metais pesados]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[monitors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pilhas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[printer cartridges]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residuos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Grande do Sul]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[suppliers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telefones celulares]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month Paraná (PR) adopted a law on mercury-containing products, now Espírito Santo (ES) has adopted a law on products containing heavy metals.  Which Brazilian state is next, and will it adopt PR&#8217;s single-substance approach, or ES&#8217; broader wider net?
Points of Confusion
Article 1 of the brief ES law requires &#8220;suppliers&#8221; and distributors of

fluorescent lamps, piles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil Bans DDT</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/hazardous-substances/brazil-bans-ddt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/hazardous-substances/brazil-bans-ddt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hazardous Substances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agrotoxicos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alteração endócrina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anvisa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cadeia alimentar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contaminantes organicos persistentes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime ambiental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DDT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diclorofeniltricloroetano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endocrine disruptor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exportação]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[import]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[incineration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministério da Saúde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mosquitoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organochlorine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[persistent organic pollutants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pesticides]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[produtos organoclorados]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saúde pública]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vector control]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=4413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brazilian President Lula just signed a law banning all manufacture, import, export, stocking, sale or use of the organochlorine pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, more commonly known as DDT.  The law also requires (a) the incineration of all existing DDT stocks in Brazil within 30 days; (b) federal agencies to complete a study within two years of the environmental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mesoamerica Shows the Way to DDT-Free Malaria Control</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/mesoamerica-shows-the-way-to-ddt-free-malaria-control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/mesoamerica-shows-the-way-to-ddt-free-malaria-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 02:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hazardous Substances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basel Convention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bed nets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chlordane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Convenio de Basilea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DDT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Salvador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GEF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[integrated vector management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=4356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The World Health Organization (WHO) has confidently announced that they can still roll back malaria worldwide while phasing out the use of the hazardous pesticide Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT) through the use of pesticide-free Integrated Vector Management (IVM) techniques.  Why is WHO so confident it can be done?  Because they have already successfully tested the proposition through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paraná Adopts Take-Back Law for Mercury-Containing Products</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/waste-recycling/parana-adopts-take-back-law-for-mercury-containing-products/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronic/Electrical Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hazardous Substances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste & Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barometers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barômetros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[batteries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[esfigmomanômetros]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month the governor of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná (PR) signed a brief law that would require the take-back of fluorescent lamps, piles, cell phone batteries &#8220;and other artefacts&#8221; that contain metallic mercury.
Who Collects?
The law requires resellers of such products in the state to provide suitable collection bins on their premises for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pesticide Residue Levels in Brazilian Food</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/pesticide-residue-levels-in-brazilian-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which fresh food sold in Brazil has been found most likely to present &#8220;irregular&#8221; pesticide residues &#8212; levels higher than those permitted by regulation, or even residues of pesticides banned or not authorized for use on the foodstuff it is found on?
Peppers.  In 2008 more than 64% of the pepper samples analyzed by the National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil Plans to Ban or Restrict 12 Pesticides</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/hazardous-substances/brazil-plans-to-ban-or-restrict-12-pesticides/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/hazardous-substances/brazil-plans-to-ban-or-restrict-12-pesticides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brazilian health officials are concerned.  In 2008 Brazil became the largest consumer of pesticides in the world, surpassing the US with a market of more than US$7 billion.  Yet many of the pesticides now manufactured in, or imported into, Brazil and widely used there have been banned or severely restricted for health and environmental reasons [...]]]></description>
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