National targets
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Indicators
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Status
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Eliminate releases by 2020
Releases and use of substances that pose a serious threat to health or the environment will be continuously reduced with a view to eliminating them by 2020.
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Identify new hazardous substances and seek to ensure that their releases are reduced or eliminated through national and international efforts
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Reduce risks
The risk that releases and use of chemicals will cause damage to health or the environment will be minimised.
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Risk of exposure to substances that are hazardous to health and the environment
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Stop pollution from contaminated soil
The dispersal of ecological toxins from contaminated soil will be stopped or substantially reduced. Steps to reduce the dispersal of other hazardous substances will be taken on the basis of case-by-case risk assessments.
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Number of localities where there is known to be serious contamination of the soil
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Stop pollution from contaminated sediments
Contamination of sediments with substances that are hazardous to health or the environment will not give rise to serious pollution problems.
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