Nickel and its Compounds - PSL1

Environment Canada
Health Canada
1994
ISBN: 0-662-22340-3
Cat. No.: En 40-215/43E

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Canadian Environmental Protection Act

Table of Contents

• Synopsis
• 1.0 Introduction
• 2.0 Summary of Information Critical to Assessment of "Toxic"
  • 2.1 Identity, Properties, Production and Uses
  • 2.2 Entry into the Environment
    • 2.2.1 Natural Sources
    • 2.2.2 Anthropogenic Sources
  • 2.3 Exposure-related Information
    • 2.3.1 Fate
    • 2.3.2 Concentrations in the Environment
  • 2.4 Toxicokinetics and Essentiality
  • 2.5 Effects-related Information
    • 2.5.1 Experimental Animals and In Vitro
    • 2.5.2 Humans
    • 2.5.3 Ecotoxicology
• 3.0 Assessment of "Toxic" under CEPA
  • 3.1 CEPA 11(a): Environment
  • 3.2 CEPA 11(b): Environment on Which Human Life Depends
  • 3.3 CEPA 11(c): Human Life or Health
  • 3.4 Conclusions
• 4.0 Recommendations for Research and Evaluation
• 5.0 References

List of Tables

• Table 1 Estimated Average Daily Intake of Nickel for the General Population in Canada
• Table 2 Estimated Average Daily Intake of Nickel by Canadians Living Near Point Sources

List of Figures

• Figure 1 Selected Mean Concentrations Of Nickel (Total or Dissolved) in Canadian Surface Waters and Concentrations Causing Adverse Effects to Biota
• Figure 2 Selected Mean (or Median) Concentrations of Total Nickel in Canadian Sediment and Concentrations of Sediment-associated Nickel Causing Adverse Effects to Benthic Organisms
• Figure 3 Selected Mean Concentrations of Total Nickel in Canadian Surface Soils and Concentrations in Soil Associated with Adverse Effects to Terrestrial Biota
• Figure 4 Concentrations of Nickel (Measured or Calculated) in the Pore Waters of Soils Near Sudbury, Ontario and Concentrations in Nutrient Solutions Causing Adverse Effects to Selected Terrestrial Plants
• Figure 5 Selected Mean Nickel Concentrations in Canadian Vegetation and Nickel Concentrations in Plant Tissue Associated with Adverse Effects
• Figure 6 Selected Mean Total Nickel Concentrations in Canadian Wildlife