The high level of contamination and salinity of the water in Gaza also gives rise to water borne diseases.

No significant contamination was detected.

Microbiological contamination of water sources is a common problem in many countries and chemical contamination (notably arsenic and fluoride) is increasingly a concern.

These include damage to fisheries, fishing boats and gear, damage to cooling water intakes in power stations, contamination of beaches (requiring cleaning operations), contamination of commercial harbours and marinas (demanding cleaning operations) and contamination of coastal grazing land, causing injury to livestock.

I have to be drastic, or the contamination would spread.

At this point there is insufficient technology to prevent eventual contamination.

The Irtysh River is threatened with contamination by this massive spill.

209. The United Nations Mine Action Service has also planned to undertake new assessment missions and level 1 surveys, in an effort to determine precisely the true extent of the contamination problem.

The Panel notes that the mudflats are characterized by low levels of oil contamination, and the evidence provided is not sufficient to demonstrate that the contamination is causing environmental damage.

40 Ibid., Year in Review 2002, Water Contamination, Pressure Woes (see www.guampdn.com).

Overall the tests increased radioactive contamination on a local and regional scale.

Source characteristics are based on the historical analysis of space debris contamination.

45. IITC determined the following means of contamination of indigenous peoples and communities

More than 10 per cent of our country's territory was exposed to radioactive contamination.

Nursing mothers are thus prohibited from carrying out work involving significant risk of contamination.

You have to work very carefully to avoid contamination of experiments with DNA from yourself.

In Pakistan, the Government allocated about 31.5 million to address arsenic contamination and water quality.

Protecting water resources from contamination and excessive consumption will be a special area of focus.

Efforts to prevent groundwater contamination, however, will still be given higher priority than groundwater treatment.

Indirectly, human life is said to be threatened through the contamination of the food chain.

Women are those most affected by environmental degradation, such as chemical contamination and indoor air pollution.

These effects are a consequence of factory by products and waste water contamination of agricultural land.

Addressing the problem of contamination through a holistic approach allows maximum utilization of all available resources.

(5) to undertake investigation of accidents involving food poisoning or food contamination and take measures of control

The country is also vulnerable to natural disasters and had water contamination problems following recent volcanic activity.

In order to determine the oil contamination remaining in the mudflats, Kuwait conducted a comprehensive shoreline survey.

Any such other wastes transported in the same closed bulk container shall be inspected for possible contamination.

42. IITC strongly believes that the right to life includes the right to an environment free from nuclear and other grossly dangerous contamination, and positive measures on the part of States (especially the States responsible for such contamination) to make it so.

The evidence also shows that contamination levels are extremely variable, ranging from non detectable amounts to 810,000 ppm.

All United States launch systems execute some form of contamination and collision avoidance manoeuvres shortly after spacecraft separation.

3.4 Similar considerations apply to the alleged and expected contamination of the food chain through the nuclear tests.

In Bangladesh, arsenic contamination of drinking water had already emerged as a great threat and required priority attention.

However, intentional contamination was not suspected immediately and a criminal investigation began only about a year after the attacks.

In Iraq's view, Saudi Arabia has failed to make a clear link between exposure to contamination and actual injury.

States parties should ensure that natural water resources are protected from contamination by harmful substances and pathogenic microbes (para.

44. IITC has conducted an assessment of the problem of nuclear contamination and the human rights of indigenous peoples.

(a) A coordinating centre should be set up within the Centre for Human Rights with regard to nuclear contamination

Many sites are contaminated by caesium, strontium and other radioactive elements, while contamination by plutonium is still largely unstudied.

In this capacity, it is responsible for ensuring an effective, proactive and coordinated United Nations response to landmine contamination.

Efforts must be redoubled to eradicate arsenic contamination of drinking water from tube wells installed with the support of UNICEF.

As was subsequently explained by Iraq, it produced liquid bacterial biological warfare agents accepting a moderate risk of airborne contamination.

The women also complained of garbage being thrown and the contamination of their drinking water with urine, coffee and leftovers.

Assistance should be rendered to clean up the site and remove the risk of the contamination of the Irtysh River.

As a result of that contamination, three fourths of the island's surface area was currently unsuitable as a place to live.

The third claim unit is for damage to cultural heritage resources in Iran caused by contamination from the oil well fires.