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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Consequently, Iraq argues that any contamination of groundwater resources in Jordan cannot be attributed to the invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

The bulk of the preserve should consist of intertidal supratidal habitats similar to those most affected by invasion related oil contamination.

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

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.

In 2003, a total area of 850 square kilometres had mine contamination, while a total of 500 square kilometres had unexploded ordnance.

Working in conjunction with risk management software, the sensor system was reducing the risk of potential environmental contamination from hydrocarbon spillage.

In support of this claim unit, Iran has submitted information, including oil spill tracking (through remote sensing analyses and oil transport and fate models), analyses of spatial gradients of contamination, evaluations of depth gradients in contamination, fingerprinting analyses, citations to international investigations of marine pollution in Iran, references to newspaper reports and interview data.

Others expressed their concerns about the impact of climate change and contamination of soil and water on natural resources that cause permanent damage.

According to Kuwait, the output from the models indicates oil contamination to 4.7 square kilometres of shoreline habitat, at varying degrees of severity.

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

So he couldn t defend himself. The bees have overwhelmed him, and violence, corruption, complicity, and contamination of the state have all skyrocketed.

Food contamination has always been a current topic, and these days even more, when WHO is introducing the notion of safe foodstuffs .

The Vieques population, however, continued to suffer from various forms of cancer and respiratory diseases, mercury poisoning, water contamination and air pollution.

Iraq's general contention is that the model predictions of subtidal sediment contamination used by Kuwait to estimate biomass losses are not reliable.

The Panel finds that there is evidence that there was extensive oil contamination and environmental damage of Saudi Arabia's shoreline in 1991.

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.

Because farming takes place outdoors and in dirt, such contamination is a fact of life. Over the centuries, the main culprit in mass food poisoning often has been contamination of unprocessed crops by fungal toxins a risk that is exacerbated when insects attack food crops, opening wounds that allow fungi (molds) to get a foothold.

As previously noted by the Panel, there is evidence that contamination from the oil well fires in Kuwait reached some parts of Iran.

The preserves should consist of intertidal supratidal habitats similar to those that are most affected by oil contamination from the invasion and occupation.

In respect of this claim unit as well, the Panel finds that, although there is evidence that the oil spills resulting from Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait caused some contamination of Iran's marine environment, Iran has not provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate that this contamination was the cause of the reduction in shrimp catches in the Bushehr Province between 1992 and 1995.

As was subsequently learned, Iraq produced bacterial biological warfare agents at Al Hakam with a moderate risk of airborne contamination due to the generation of aerosols.

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

As a United States citizen, she regretted having to complain about the island's contamination as a result of United States Navy exercises for six decades.

However, the Panel notes that there are differences in the severity of oil contamination, losses in ecological services and expected recovery times in different areas.

Kuwait uses an integrated set of computer models to estimate oil contamination in marine areas from the oil spills and to calculate the associated losses of biomass.

The Panel, therefore, finds that Jordan has failed to establish that the presence of the refugees resulted in loss of use of groundwater resources due to contamination of springs.

Combined analysis of data from sanitary inspections and on water quality can be used to identify the most important causes of drinking water contamination and related control measures.

The second claim unit is for damage to or depletion of terrestrial and agricultural resources in Iran caused by contamination from the oil well fires in Kuwait.

UNICEF continued its efforts to improve access to safe drinking water, but more efforts and resources were needed to fight the arsenic contamination.

The Panel, therefore, finds that Jordan has failed to establish that the presence of the refugees resulted in contamination of water produced from the As Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Kuwait also states that the impact of oil contamination on the remaining areas of mudflats is uncertain and that the mudflats are a fragile but critically important biological area.