Royal Commission

The situation with regard to economic considerations has been so well stated in the First Report of the British Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (1) that this section contains an extensive quotation from that report. 

Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. First Report, Command 4585, H.M. Stationery Office, London, 1971. 

This article discusses the UK Government s plan to make incineration with energy recovery play a larger role in waste management, following a report from the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. Recommendations from the report are included. UK,GOVERNMENT UK,ROYAL COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY INDUSTRY GROUP EUROPEAN COMMUNITY EUROPEAN UNION UK WESTERN EUROPE... 

Fellow at St John s College and was awarded the Humphreys Research prize. At Cambridge, Nigel was a Research Fellow of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 and Royal Society University Research Fellow. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1997. Aged 36, Nigel is now Professor at Leicester University and Lister Institute Research Fellow. He is a recipient of the Colworth Medal of the Biochemical Society. His scientific interests include mechanistic and quantum enzymology his recreational interests include Victorian and College philately. 

Martin, I. and Bardos, P., A Review of Full Scale Treatment Technologies for the remediation of Contaminated Soil, Report for the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, EPP Publications, UK, 1996. 

In 1784 a Royal Commission was established by Louis XVI to investigate mesmerism. Its members included some of the most illustrious figures of the time Benjamin Franklin, who was at the time the American Ambassador to France Antoine Lavoisier, the founder of modern chemistry and the infamous... 

We thank the Donors of the Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society for partial support, and the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 for a Research Fellowship to D. 0 H. 

RCEP Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, Tackling Pollution - Experience and Prospects, Tenth Report, HMSO, London (1984). 

Royal Commission,Report of the Royal Commission on the Health and Safety of Workers in Mines (J.M. Ham, F.R. Hume, C.C. Gray, A.L. Gladstone, J. Beaudry, E.A. Perry, R.P. Riggin, eds), Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario, Canada (1976). 

Before standards for indoor exposure to radon can be formally established, work is necessary to determine whether remedies are feasible and what is likely to be involved. Meanwhile, the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) in the UK has considered standards for indoor exposure to radon decay products (RCEP, 1984). For existing dwellings, the RCEP has recommended an action level of 25 mSv in a year and that priority should be given to devising effective remedial measures. An effective dose equivalent of 25 mSv per year is taken to correspond to an average radon concentration of about 900 Bq m 3 or an average radon decay-product concentration of about 120 mWL, with the assumption of an equilibrium factor of 0.5 and an occupancy factor of 0.83. 

Sponsor Southern California Edison Company) ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING FOR NEW TOWNS EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED OPPORTUNITIES. (1980) (Sponsor Royal Commission for... 

The UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, in its report on Agriculture and Pollution, said ... 

To date there is no proof for the inevitability of lead for plant and animal organisms (including humans), whereas its toxic activity is widely known. More reported poisonings involved lead than any other elements (Philip and Gearson, 1994a,b). As early as in 1774, Lind noted that lemon juice stored in lead-enameled containers may cause poisoning. A special royal commission was appointed to study the problem four years later. 

The considerable inherent uncertainty in our understanding of the way that chemicals interact with the environment means that there will continue to be a risk of serious effects, as a result of the use of chemicals products, that we cannot predict on the basis of our current or foreseeable understanding of these processes. This requires a precautionary approach to chemicals management, and this is best implemented through substitution. ..We recommend that the UK Government adopt substitution as a central objective of chemicals policy." UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 2003 ... 

Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (2003) Chemicals In Products. Safeguarding the environment and human health, pi 65... 

SPRU (2002). A review of the impact of regulation on the chemical industry. A final report to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. University of Sussex, Science and Technology Policy Unit. 

Steam Line Rupture at Tennessee Eastman Division, Peter N. Lodal Lessons Learned from the Longford Royal Commission Investigation into the Explosion and Fire on 25 September 1998 at the Esso Gas Processing Plant, Mark Boult Gary Kenney, Robin Pitblado... 

Lora, J.H., M.A.Sc. Thesis, University of Toronto, 1976 Lora, J.H. and Wayman, M., Fast Growing Hybrid Poplar A Renewable Source of Chemicals, Energy and Food, Forest Research Information Paper No. 102, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Toronto, 1978 Wayman, M. and Lora, J.H., Wood-fired Electricity Generation in Eastern Ontario, Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning, Toronto, Ontario, 1978 (including references to many recent symposia and studies). 

Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (2003) The long term effects of chemicals in the environment, twenty-fourth report Chemicals in products. Safeguarding the Environment and Human Health, London Sharma VP (2003) DDT The fallen angel. Current Science 85(11) 1532-1537 Schwager P, Moser F (2006) The application of Chemical Leasing business models in Mexico. ESPR 13(2) 131-137... 

In the UK chemicals strategy the statement The Government is very concerned that we do not have adequate information about the hazards of most chemicals released into the environment in large quantities is emphasized in bold in section 1.7 (DETR, 1999). The EU strategy states that The lack of knowledge about the impact of many chemicals on human health and the environment is a cause for concern (CEC, 2001, p4). The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution held an inquiry into chemicals that reported in 2003. They consider that our failure to understand the interactions between synthetic chemicals and the natural environment, and most of all our failure to compile even the most basic information about the behaviour of chemicals in the environment, is a serious matter (RCEP, 2003, pi). 

Ramsey, F. P. (1931) Truth and probability , in R. B. Rraithwaite (ed) The Foundations of Mathematics and Other Logical Essays, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London RCEP (Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution) (1998) Twenty-first report Setting environmental standards, Stationery Office, London RCEP (2003) Twenty-fourth Report Chemicals in Products — Safeguarding the Environment and Human Health, TSO, London... 

Because of the first of these uncertainties (the extrapolation across species), assessments of risks to human health apply an uncertainty or safety factor of 100 to the experimentally derived no observed adverse effect concentration (NOAEC), in other words the NOAEC is divided by 100 to derive a no-effect level for human toxicity. This factor has been used since 1961, when it was chosen on an essentially arbitrary basis (RCEP, 2003, p22). In the assessment of risks to the environment, application factors of 10, 50, 100 or 1000 are applied to the results of tests carried out on specific species,2 depending on the species used and whether the tests were long term or short term. Evidence to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) for their report Chemicals in products indicated that these are merely extrapolation factors — they express the statistical variability of test results but do not effectively take into account inter-species variability, the vulnerability of threatened species, lifetime exposures or the complexity of biological systems... 

ODPM (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) (2005) The planning system General principles , published alongside PPS1, www.communities.gov.uk, accessed December 2006 RCEP (Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution) (2003) Twenty-fourth report ... 

It was also obvious that the immediate cause of explosion of both methane and coal-dust may be the use of explosives in mines. Particular attention was paid to the hazard involved in the use of blackpowder in mines (e.g. in Great Britain H.M. Commissioners [19] Royal Commission on Explosions [20]). 

Royal Commission on Explosions from Coal Dust in Mines, H.M.S.O., London, 1894. 

But the times were becoming stormy with the advance of the revolutionary movement, and Lavoisier, as a noble, a man of wealth, and one who had received many royal commissions, became more and more unacceptable to the radical element of the commune. The existence of the Academy of Sciences, as well as of all other institutions operating under royal charters, was threatened. Here Lavoisier proved his devotion to the Academy by his persistent efforts to maintain its integrity. He freely advanced money to sustain its scientific work, and endeavored to awaken a feeling of respect for its services. His efforts were futile and in August, 1793, the Academy was abolished by a decree of the National Assembly. 

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